Geek99

Hell has a special place for those who meddle with toy basses. Specially trained imps will use your butt for pitchfork target practice and that’s if you’re get off lightly

Waiting with baited breath 🤞

Electric scooters on the road, no regard for, and taking no responsibility for their own safety

Let us know how it goes @Blondy

: popcorn 🍿

it’s not just for Christmas

I’d start with a duo and work up to that

Pictures please, when you can @peteb

Well, firstly welcome and you’re in the right place to get polite and well-reasoned advice with this 👍 if it were me, all over again, I’d first get a teacher to make sure I hadn’t picked up bad habits from self-tuition we have lots of US members here btw @Bluewine @jd56hawk @dclaassen amongst others, you aren’t the only one

We will be rooting for you @Blondy you only have to be fairly close, okay?

JMB is JoinMyBand

Nope you’re a spring chicken around here. open mic nights and jam sessions is my advice. I’ve met a superb singer who encourages me to try songs on the fly, and a reliable guitard. Look on Facebook for local events example here: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FHRWQeTn7/?mibextid=wwXIfr I guarantee you will be one of very few bass players there One guy who attends my local events is a professional bass luthier and an amazing source of good advice

We welcome refugees from talkbass

What about a tc electronics bh250?

I nominate @Lozz196 as chief tester

I was given one of those and I was stretchered out. Unbeknownst to me I had a very low heart rate and a beta blocker put me into “not sure how you’re still alive” territory

Is anyone from here going to that service ? they might be able to give you constructive criticism or more likely praise

It’s a memorial service I think, so she probably wants to do the best she can at this point. no one will notice small mistakes, honestly. I totally train wrecked with a super loud guitarist, and a drummer that I was too close to hear. I lost my confidence totally. The thing that got me back on the horse was realising that most audiences don’t care about small mistakes and that their standards were so low that “fairly close” was definitely good enough If you’re really stuck, stop playing, hum along in your head and start playing again when you find your place again, like at a chorus :thumbsup i suggest you get someone to record you and you’ll probably find you did better than you thought 👍

@Blondy just watch the others for clues

I lose my place when playing a tune and sometimes keeping time escapes me. Cover finishing early** by throwing in an extra note and finishing late by making your next bar a bit shorter so the bar after that starts at the right time **you can gauge both by watching more experienced musicians as said above, as long as it hangs together even vaguely no one will notice

It’s okay to respond to an old thread, it’s makes people read the thread and learn something that has been forgotten

I used to be bothered but I’m better now. Just imagine the audience aren’t there and you’re playing for the people alongside you with instruments

This do? https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChsSEwituq7_1rSPAxX4lVAGHS5rLT0YACICCAEQIxoCZGc&co=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrbqu_9a0jwMV-JVQBh0uay09EAQYDyABEgJ2ZvD_BwE&sph=&sig=AOD64_0IAu183WAbJd42CDx7NVk3iyBE9Q&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwiz6aj_1rSPAxWBWEEAHfKtIW4Qwg8oAHoECAQQbg&adurl=

I agree, if I can’t hear myself Theres no reference point and also no pleasure Edit : I like to think “I’m doing that and it sounds amazing”. I watched a phone recording of myself, an acoustic guitard and a talented female singer. I sounded loud to me, but was inaudible on the phone. She’s always telling me to turn up, maybe she’s right I get that phones don’t always capture bass well but you usually get something