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Undertoad · 04-27-2005, 05:23 PM

I'm totally an ear/feel player and so for me, practice is getting to the point where I know the song completely and can turn my brain off to the mechanical, and just turn on to the feel, the dynamics and such. Bass is not a chops-oriented instrument, and it shouldn't be IMO. That extra 20% is still needed though, because the bass is the foundation and has to be dependable if the band is to work right.

I am utterly self-conscious in real life, but on stage it all disappears and I am comfortable. Don't know why.

04-27-2005, 05:23 PM	#15
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'm totally an ear/feel player and so for me, practice is getting to the point where I know the song completely and can turn my brain off to the mechanical, and just turn on to the feel, the dynamics and such. Bass is not a chops-oriented instrument, and it shouldn't be IMO. That extra 20% is still needed though, because the bass is the foundation and has to be dependable if the band is to work right. I am utterly self-conscious in real life, but on stage it all disappears and I am comfortable. Don't know why.