Comments on: Back in the Saddle http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/back-in-the-saddle/ Tips, Advice and Inspiration for Gigging and Aspiring Bass Players Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: james wilson http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-32 james wilson Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:17:38 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=58#comment-32 i think u hit the nail right on the head there jack ... sometimes thinking is the worst thing ya can do ...during some of my best freestyle sessions i feel llike i am watching my fingers do their thing and thinking wow that was cool ..and when i consciously try and do it again it isnt quite the same.. lol ...and as for the mistakes ... we need them ... most times they take me to a new direction that i may not have discovered any other way i think u hit the nail right on the head there jack … sometimes thinking is the worst thing ya can do …during some of my best freestyle sessions i feel llike i am watching my fingers do their thing and thinking wow that was cool ..and when i consciously try and do it again it isnt quite the same.. lol …and as for the mistakes … we need them … most times they take me to a new direction that i may not have discovered any other way

]]> By: Jack http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Jack Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:44:49 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=58#comment-31 I feel you. I have moments like that quite often. I find if you don't just dismiss them they can get the better of you. It sort of escalates and can foul you up big time. For me it takes refocus, focus on the beat and get back into it. That keeps your mind from interfering with your soul. Just an opinion. Jack I feel you. I have moments like that quite often. I find if you don’t just dismiss them they can get the better of you. It sort of escalates and can foul you up big time. For me it takes refocus, focus on the beat and get back into it. That keeps your mind from interfering with your soul. Just an opinion.

Jack

]]> By: Deedz http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Deedz Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:13:18 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=58#comment-30 Seeing something after the fact really puts things in perspective. I tend to not realize what is going on until after the fact and after I see the videos. it's a drug I just can't get enough of. Seeing something after the fact really puts things in perspective. I tend to not realize what is going on until after the fact and after I see the videos. it’s a drug I just can’t get enough of.

]]> By: james wilson http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-27 james wilson Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:22:17 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=58#comment-27 i hear ya loud and clear deedz .... i remember not too long ago i was struggling with a lead part i do ... felt bad ... really bad ... was slappin and my finger got caught under a string .... messed me right up ...threw me way off ...went for a four finger strum and missed totally .... thought holy shit ... changeup needed ... right now ... what the hell am i gonna do .... bothered me for a few weeks actually .... was talking to our guitar player bout it and kinda whinin at practice .... he pulls out the video he had running while we were playing ....he sais dude what the fuck u complaining bout ... its awesome .... i loved it ...fit perfect ... i still think i could have done better but i must agree ... it was pretty damn cool i hear ya loud and clear deedz …. i remember not too long ago i was struggling with a lead part i do … felt bad … really bad … was slappin and my finger got caught under a string …. messed me right up …threw me way off …went for a four finger strum and missed totally …. thought holy shit … changeup needed … right now … what the hell am i gonna do …. bothered me for a few weeks actually …. was talking to our guitar player bout it and kinda whinin at practice …. he pulls out the video he had running while we were playing ….he sais dude what the fuck u complaining bout … its awesome …. i loved it …fit perfect … i still think i could have done better but i must agree … it was pretty damn cool

]]> By: Deedz http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Deedz Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:39:23 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=58#comment-20 We are our own worse critics! Don't try to be perfect, just try to be you. I am playing a show this Friday, and Saturday. I find myself developing a bit of stage fright again which is odd but fitting for "back int he saddle again". Does any one experience this at time? Not the excitment but the fact that since we are our own worse critics we sometimes question what it is we are doing at that time. I find myself critizing myself while I am playing and although no one notices anything I notices small things - but i'm doing it while I am playing. I like being my own worse critic, it helps me better myself in all aspects of playing. Do any of you struggle with your inner demon? It isn't the fact I don't have confidence in my craft or skill but I can't seem to silent that voice in my head. check out my band - myspace.com/drailedinstlouis I try to make the bass stick OUT - TONE BABY TONE! We are our own worse critics!

Don’t try to be perfect, just try to be you.

I am playing a show this Friday, and Saturday. I find myself developing a bit of stage fright again which is odd but fitting for “back int he saddle again”. Does any one experience this at time? Not the excitment but the fact that since we are our own worse critics we sometimes question what it is we are doing at that time. I find myself critizing myself while I am playing and although no one notices anything I notices small things – but i’m doing it while I am playing.

I like being my own worse critic, it helps me better myself in all aspects of playing. Do any of you struggle with your inner demon? It isn’t the fact I don’t have confidence in my craft or skill but I can’t seem to silent that voice in my head.

check out my band – myspace.com/drailedinstlouis

I try to make the bass stick OUT – TONE BABY TONE!

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