Jimmer Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hey all Finally made the jump and signed up to join in with the banter! Long time reader and must say you have a great forum here, kudos to the site owners and mods A little bit on me... Long time guitar player! on and off from school days really. I also run a small PA hire company and engineer a few local bands. This is how I first picked up a bass guitar. Three years ago or so, one of the bands I worked for lost their bass player and had a host of gigs coming up, after several failed attempts at advertising for one, I volunteered to step in....Not looked back since, fully hooked and am now in two cover bands and playing hard.... Feel very confident on the bass (more so than I ever have done on guitar) and am enjoying playing in the covers bands. However, I am really keen to break away from covers and start doing originals, I want to become more creative and adlib with ease when jamming up the pub......something i'm struggling with at the mo. Quite tempted to get lessons to learn new tricks and learn the theory side of the bass, I think this will help greatly. Any tips or pointers from people who seemed to be stuck at a level would be great! Cheers Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hey Jim, Welcome to the surface! Keep on enjoying the fora. best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Horton Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hi Jim Welcome to bass chat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellie Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hiya Jim Welcome. Jamming is good, it takes time to get those licks. Keep at it and you'll get there, Ellie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmer Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 Thanks for the welcomes It is getting easier ellie, just frustrates me when I hit bum notes when jamming, ha! All about knowing your instrument I guess and i'm sure it will come with time. Now to continue my hunt for another Jazz........Chistmas is just round the corner after all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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