Tuesday 18 November 2008

Bass Pass

These past 90 minutes were well spent running thru all the songs on our current band "to do" list, playing just bass. They'll be doddles* for Julian and I (as a rhythm section) to get them together the first time around, I'm sure of it. That'll help Calvin's confidence no end.

I love playing guitar, don't get me wrong. But the 'sitting back and falling into the pocket of a groove' playing bass is something else. wOOt!



I practice on an ancient old black J-style bass at home, complete with a horrid bridge and wonky action... so if I can play something on that, I can do it on anything!

Roll on Sunday's rehearsal.

Oh... and I practice on low-volume thru headphones, so there's no way I can annoy the neighbours with 'boom boom bwoop slap boom..." lol.

* A doddle = very easy. cf. Monty Python's Life of Brian... "Crucifixion? It's a doddle!" lol
Peas be with ewe
Cyalayta,
Mal :)

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  1. Ha ha...I remember our daughter had a boyfriend who had a band...they were penny dreadful and no one seemed to know how to tune their guitars...needed the earphones...all i can recall was this one wierd word 'kummagiahh" said over and over... and over. At least you guys can paly ... wish I had earphoes for this lot

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