Advice On Being A Musician

[stewblack]

Don't know if this has been shared already, if not here you go

[stewblack]

I particularly like 14

[Guest]

5 and 11 are my favourites - so many musicians overplay and don’t know how to phrase and therefore how and when to leave space, which often goes hand in hand with barely listening to the other musicians (well, maybe the drummer if you play bass ). Listening well is one of the hardest skills to learn. I was never that great at it (worrying about getting my part to work) but it occasionally all came together, and those times were magical.

[Lozz196]

On 13/02/2021 at 17:51, stewblack said:

I particularly like 14

Up until last year the words of No 14 would have been alien to me as it was hit hard at all times relentlessly,  but I`ve been learning - after 40 years of playing - to back off a bit and let the amp make the volume rather than me, and have really enjoyed it, makes learning newer complex material a lot easier.

My fave on the list is No 6, many a time I see bands where they have great players on either guitar or bass but I just wonder, why did they choose that sound for that band.

[stewblack]

Really good points both. I'm guilty of not thinking how my instrument affects the others, just setting up how I like it to sound. 

[chris_b]

I didn't see, "never forget to buy your round."