When I get frustrated (musically, that is), I force myself to just sit and play. I've been bored with myself musically lately (still am..oh well ! ;) but people also ask about my right hand, so I figured I'd mess around over some harmonics and capture it with my webcam for youtube. Warts-n-all!
Damian Erskine gives some tips about using 5ths on the bass to get around the neck. (My deepest apologies for calling the A an 11th in CMajor... it's the 13th !! Trying to think and play at the same time never works for me! ;)
Whenever I work on a technique, I try and invent lines to challenge that technique. Here's one I came up with to work a three finger percussive thing...
Working on my thumb technique, so I recorded myself playing around. Came up with a little line to challenge my thumb, index and middle fingers. Warts and all, tho! Definitely not perfect and it's not a real tune, mostly taking the riff and making something up as I go along..
Bass solo at a local gig here in Portland with John Nastos, Drew Shoals and Clay Giberson. Not the best in the world, but I promised to start uploading more stuff as I get it! here's something anyway ;)
groove I came up with whilst messing around (I never practice... I just noodle. A disease I'm trying to cure!) Once again, loop the chords, play around with it, upload.... Maybe I should try and write a tune! (HA)
latin vibe on this one. Klezmer band, tho.. My wife got this with the camera, but it looks ok, sounds ok.. missed the first chorus, tho (I swear, I didn't play that fast the WHOLE time ;)
