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a lot of the music is really riff heavy so sometimes theres not always the room for it but if i try and play anything out of the blues scale i sh*t myself and panic anyway im not the much melodic bass player i playthe bass like a butcher chops meat lol

have a recording session for the doom/industrial thing im doing at the mo coming up and have got off my ars to learn the songs.i pretty much have free reign to play what i want. my only worry is once i have wrote the bass lines apart from the odd fill hear or there its pretty much root basic stuff. i sometimes feel im not doing enough does anyone else worry about underplaying?

so got home last night started noddling along to some foo fighters wasnt really doing much for me.on goes electric wizard (return trip) its got one of those riffs that hipnotises you. played along for most of song all in all played for around 30 minutes onwards and upwards hopefully same again tonight

half the time my mrs is out doing am-dram so have all the time in the world to practise would love to play for 3 hours a day lol so have spent my lunch watching the john myung fixed camera instrumedley from budokon its made me itch to play tonight (the bass ahem) will keep you posted thanks for again for all the advice i love you all long time

thanks for all the advice guys.... think i might go down the lesson route to get a bit more motivated,hopefully i can find a decent teacher and pay for lessons in advance that way i know ill go cos im a tight sod and dont like wasting money the music/project direction im in at the moment is doom metal type i suppose that dont help my mood i was listening to transatlantic on the way to work this morning with petes bass ringing in my ears i have been humming the songs all morning i never do that maybe its time for a change

im in a project at the moment which is just recording no gigs i gotta learn 7 songs by september. dont know if im just not feeling the music or what maybe i need a more serious project to focus on like raymondo said

ive seen all the bands i wanna see ive sat in front of john myung for whole gigs come home inspired and i just sit with my bass and ..........nothing as for my bass ive had loadsof basses over the years loved them all.most were bought thinking this bass will make me play ect im currently playing an ibanez sr300 lovely slim neck nocomplaints there i watch vids of wooten,harris.burton, just feellike a zombie was even worse on the pills

please stick with me this may take a while!!!!!!! since starting to play bass nearly 17 years ago with periods of months at a time with no practice i really feel my time is running out. i was diagnosed with severe depression 6 years ago and for years i have found any excuse not to practise.ill be in work thinking ill try to learn some theory or go over some songs for the recording project im part of,soon as im home ill find any excuse not to bother (something i wanna watch on tele or some other piss poor excuse) it gets to the point i think imay as well just sell my bass and give up i dont think i play for 2 hours a month.the guy im in the project with has the patience of a saint i want to play loads, i have the time just my oomp has left me for the first time in ages i got a tab book out tonight and learned a song and quite enjoyed it i just know it will be ages before i do it again any ideas

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1343335603' post='1749278'] Loads of my favourites play with a pick, DD Verni, Duff etc. I can't be dealing with a pick. [/quote] im on the flipside of this my faves were steve harris,john myung,geddy lee,alex webster ....all finger players i cant play with my fingers to save my life

seeing as im 100% a metalhead id definatly say for me the phamtom of the opera soundtrack absolutely love it

i suppose a lot of it comes from people knowing if you want you can just play the root note and "get by" with it but if your in a band situation and someone says play something the accentuates the vocal line or play a a walking bass line over the verse and so on then its totally different

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my brother was a big level 42 fan when i was about 6-7 i was mesmerised by mr king........nothing changes [url="http://youtu.be/gA7jglcFdm8"]http://youtu.be/gA7jglcFdm8[/url]

all great stuff so far especially liked hunted by angels.very haunting,remonds me of neurosis a bit and killing vegas -silence disguised great stuff

thanks for the feedback so far. the fact we scare people i call that a job well done lol

guitar-yngwie malmsteen bass -steve harris

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this is a great idea [url="http://www.reverbnation.com/jethou"]http://www.reverbnation.com/jethou[/url] were a sort of doom/post metal/avant garde in places just wierd me jamie butler on bass drinking and swearing sam carter guitars and prgramming and being sane the album=two guys and a drum machine is available the e.p the icons of penge is in production as we speak

john myung geddy lee steve harris Arif Mirabdolbaghi cliff burton michael lepond victor wooten dave ellefson stu hamm steve digiorgio

neurosis-through silver in blood

i see the mighty priest last night ian hills bass playing is as solid as rock on viagra.a lot of metal bassists jump all over the place looking like complete tits but ian just stays at the back of the stage doing his stuff.no gimmicks no frills just 2 hrs and 30 mins of rock solid bass playing

in south london you have the new cross in and the amersham arms literally across the road from each other. both have gig nights fridays and saturdays always have new bands and bands that have been gigging for years

id love a geddy lee jazz bass