purpleblob Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 The best advice I can give is play with different musicians, try and find people who are better than you and see if you can play with them - you'll learn so much more about music and gain so much from others. As others have said, speed isn't the issue. It's choosing the right notes to play and when not to play that's hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 One thing I've learnt is that your bass playing gets noticed a lot more when you drop out and then come back in. Now I'm not saying that you should do this for egocentric reasons but it's a nice side effect of tasteful space! Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Oh yes, and as someone that does a lot of non-standard bass playing (yes, up past the 12th fret playing chords like a giant guitar etc) it does take a while to get used to the idea that you don't always need a bassline, you can do other stuff (including nothing) and the music sound better than if you 'just' played real bass. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Just play what the song needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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