lowdown Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) Well, you should have been practicing like this lad...... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_z6XSkifGI[/media] Edited September 27, 2016 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Learning grammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1474969297' post='3141847'] Learning grammar. [/quote] I weren't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1474969297' post='3141847'] Learning grammar. [/quote] What's a C between friends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandad Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Aged 11 I was listening to SLEEPWALK by Santo and Johnny and 40 MILES OF BAD ROAD by Duane Eddy on my friends gramaphone. I was also looking at pictures of these things called electric guitars. That young lad has talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 When I was 11 I had just discovered pop/rock music having previously shown very little interest in any kind of music of any kind. It would be another 2 years before I started to learn to play the guitar, but had I been playing back then it would have been glam rock songs inspired by T Rex etc. that I had written myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LayDownThaFunk Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Putting my hand in my pants like a real g. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1474969660' post='3141855'] What's a C between friends? [/quote] It can be as wide as an ocean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 Or, deep as a puddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Mostly riding my bike, avoiding homework and playing computer games on a Spectrum. I wouldn't pick up the bass for another 6 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandad Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1474976531' post='3141937'] Mostly riding my bike, avoiding homework and playing computer games on a Spectrum. I wouldn't pick up the bass for another 6 years. [/quote] Didn't pick up a bass for another 40 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1474969297' post='3141847'] Learning grammar. [/quote] I'm glad it's weren't not just me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1474969660' post='3141855'] What's a C between friends? [/quote] [quote name='Norris' timestamp='1474979013' post='3141981'] I'm glad it's weren't not just me [/quote] Nope, your not alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbd1960 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 That would be 1971 for me. I started buying classical LPs then. Started playing cello at school the following year, but after that would then not play again until in my 50s. BG was 45 years away... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) [quote name='zbd1960' timestamp='1474984183' post='3142036'] That would be 1971 for me. I started buying classical LPs then. Started playing cello at school the following year, but after that would then not play again until in my 50s. BG was 45 years away... [/quote] Wow, that is a long wait for the promised land. (In Bass term of course). But then again, it's never too late. Edited September 27, 2016 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 It was 1985 and I was just getting into rock music, via stuff like The Scorpions, Iron Maiden and Kiss. I didn't get a bass till i was 12 but did pay violin (pretty basically, and pretty badly) so i started holding that like a guitar and plucking it. Luckily playing bass took over the following year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I was discovering nostalgia ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I was 11 in 1976, so I remember the long hot summer and my last year at Junior school. It would be another 6 years before I took up the bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) What were you doing at three years old? http://youtu.be/cYlnfke49NA Edited September 27, 2016 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 He's a late starter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigman Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 That would be 1976 for me...I remember having to travel ON MY OWN from Chelmsford to Dusseldorf..via London train/tube and Luton airport.. Can you imagine an 11 year old doing that today? I didn't pick up a bass for another 3 years or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainS Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1474976531' post='3141937'] Mostly riding my bike, avoiding homework and playing computer games on a Spectrum. I wouldn't pick up the bass for another 6 years. [/quote] Me too. 1985, and I certainly wasn't as good at anything as that kid is, apart from maybe avoiding homework. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1474988924' post='3142087'] He's a late starter! [/quote] There has been a scan picture on Facebook over the weekend (Dave Swift announced that he will be a dad), the picture included a Bass Guitar in the womb, tagged, 'no blood test needed'. Edited September 27, 2016 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Away at Boarding School and counting myself lucky to have my own table tennis racket and cricket bat to while away the free hours. I think if I started playing at 11 (actually I was 14) I'd still be tone deaf and struggling That kid's going in the right direction tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Playing the piano a lot, but mostly cycling round outside as it was an exceptionally warm and long summer, ie 76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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