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Hi BCer's
What's the best advice you've been given for playing bass or what advice would you give?
For me I was told 'It's not what you play, its what you don't play' and being a percussive type player I understand what was means now. If I was to give advice I would say work with the drummer and make the bass bounce.......whats yours?

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"Play what the song needs and not what you want or can play" was a good piece of advice i got years ago.
"always look as though you know what you are doing"
"if you look confident when playing then even a mistake will pass unnoticed by an audience"

Dave

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[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1456011091' post='2984582']
Don't wait till you think you're good enough to join a band before you join a band.
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[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1456049484' post='2984734']
"Play what the song needs and not what you want or can play" was a good piece of advice i got years ago.
"always look as though you know what you are doing"
"if you look confident when playing then even a mistake will pass unnoticed by an audience"

Dave
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[quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1456050841' post='2984756']
If you mess up, tell people you play a lot of jazz.
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All very good advice.

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[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1456049484' post='2984734']
"Play what the song needs and not what you want or can play" was a good piece of advice i got years ago.
"always look as though you know what you are doing"
"if you look confident when playing then even a mistake will pass unnoticed by an audience"

Dave
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I think this is it for me.

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[quote name='mr zed' timestamp='1456009711' post='2984565']
Best advice I was ever given was "if you can hum it, you can play it".
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Indeed, its easy to forget that being a musician is primarily an auditory skill and not a physical one.

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