Is insomnia a bass player thing?

[itsmedunc]

Well, I have a really bad sleeping pattern. Insomnia? Is 5am bedtime normal when I get up at 8am? I'm 47 fekin seven! What time should a bass player go to bed? I'm really tired all the time and I am thinking of taking up the 6 string to get a few more hours sleep. Help...

Edited September 19, 2013 by itsmedunc

[Dingus]

Can you expand on the relationship between playing the bass and your lack of sleep? Are you up late practising, or are you sleepless with anxiety over which inversion to use over an A minor 7th chord ? We need to know more details before we can help . In the meantime, avoid energy drinks , sugar , large quantities of garlic and chocolate.

[flyfisher]

5am bedtime before getting up at 8pm would suggest you're getting plenty of sleep - or time in bed anyway.

[JamesFlashG]

I sleep good

[Dingus]

Hang on a minute , 5AM bedtime and 8[u]PM[/u] rise time ? I missed that bit ! That reminds me of being unemployed back in the 1980's . It was great ! Get yourself a girlfriend who likes The Smiths , get hammered every night on cheap snakebite and blame everything on Thatcher . You will sleep like a baby .

[JimBobTTD]

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You will sleep like a baby .
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Waking up every 40 mins and having no control over bodily functions?

[Lfalex v1.1]

I'm finding sleeping in 11/13 has caused me to have quite irregular patterns.
I prefer even meters, it seems.

Edited September 19, 2013 by Lfalex v1.1

[Norm]

13 hours kip? Thats not insomnia thats night shift work!

[Merton]

15 hours - you're probably getting too much sleep and that (oddly) makes you feel tired, too.

Edited September 19, 2013 by Merton

[CamdenRob]

Ummm... isn't 5 till 8 15 hours...

[Merton]

So it is. I just read Norm's post and didn't do the maths...

[CamdenRob]

Well 13 hours was too much 15 is definitely too much! that only leaves 9 hours in the day?

I'm at my work desk for 10 hours a day...

Rob

[itsmedunc]

See, I was that tired that I put pm instead of am. Or was it the 9 pints of lager?

[CamdenRob]

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See, I was that tired that I put pm instead of am. Or was it the 9 pints of lager?
[/quote]

That makes more sense.... in which case that's only Three hours and I understand your issue.

The aforementioned Nine pints of lager usually help me nod off...

Rob

Edited September 19, 2013 by CamdenRob

[spongebob]

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[size=4]The aforementioned Nine pints of lager usually help me nod off...[/size]
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When does nodding off become passing out.....! [size=4] [/size]

[ras52]

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When does nodding off become passing out.....!
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At around 5am?

[4 Strings]

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1379545686' post='2214173']
Well, I have a really bad sleeping pattern. Insomnia? Is 5am bedtime normal when I get up at 8am? I'm 47 fekin seven! What time should a bass player go to bed? I'm really tired all the time and I am thinking of taking up the 6 string to get a few more hours sleep. Help...
[/quote]

Just listen to some 6 string playing....

[cytania]

I actually find mentally running through basslines helps bring sleep. Also counting out breaths from one to four can still the mind.

[Dandelion]

Listen to radio 4 podcasts via headphones is my trick. It stops me thinking about stuff. I never remember falling asleep or even feeling tired, but just wake up several hours later.

And Formula one after a big sunday dinner is guaranteed to send me into a coma.

[Norm]

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Just listen to some 6 string playing....
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:-)

PS I do maths for a living, probably why I cant count properly any more!

[4 Strings]

[quote name='Norm' timestamp='1379626794' post='2215127']
:-)

PS I do maths for a living, probably why I cant count properly any more!
[/quote]

How about composing in your mind a short 8 bar piece that has a bar of 8, then a bar of 7, ...then 6.......then 5.............then...................zzzz

[DarkHeart]

Insomnia isnt worth losing sleep over

[Raslee]

If you have problematic sleeping then look up 'Mindfulness' techniques on the net. I use it a lot with people through my work and it seems to work wonders for the majority

[hollywoodrox]

[quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1379626068' post='2215115']
Listen to radio 4 podcasts via headphones is my trick. It stops me thinking about stuff. I never remember falling asleep or even feeling tired, but just wake up several hours later.

And Formula one after a big sunday dinner is guaranteed to send me into a coma.
[/quote]radio 5 here, I listen to Dr karl science hour, else my brain worries continuously

[Prime_BASS]

I find it hard to get sleep once I'm bed. I usually toss and turn and piss about on my phone till early hours, and even though I can get toowork on time by waking at 7:30 I'm usually wide awake at 6.

I can't remember when I last had a decent 8 - 9 hours kip.

I often stew about my bass playing, gear, work, bills, money and all other things.