Ok, here's my situation: I have mastered all the techniques, slapping, popping, tapping, double-stopping, fingerstyle, yadda yadda, and now am at a point where I don't know what to do to get to the next level. I have jammed with other musicians, and found it estremly fun, but still want to start soloing. But every time I look for a good complex solo, and find a tab, they just are far too difficult. Anyone have any suggestions for what I should do?
P.S. Please don't reply with quit the bass and take up guitar, for I love bass, and wish to stick with it.
P.P.S. Please also don't reply with the Awakening, or Anethesia --(Pulling Teeth,) they sound good, and I can play them, but they're just too easy.
2007-03-05 14:22:42 · 6 answers · asked by Middle Mass 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
all i have to say if you want a pure genuis solo that is doable "maxwell murder" by Rancid download it, love it,and then play it.
2007-03-05 15:00:18 · answer #1 · answered by Joe D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If other people's solos are too difficult to learn, make up your own. That is, as you know, the whole point of soloing, to create something that is your own. Play a song that you know well and take a section for yourself, making it up as you go along. It will really help to solo on the spot with your band. It will help you to get out of your comfort zone. The point is to take all this technique that you've learned and start creating something with it. That's why we study music, to express ourselves. Etc.
2007-03-05 14:29:12 · answer #2 · answered by Who, me? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now, I'm no bass expert, but I know that, yes, practice does make perfect in music. Work yourself up to the harder solos. Start with ones that are difficult, but not too difficult. When you've mastered those, keep moving up and up until you finally get where you want to be.
2007-03-05 14:30:30 · answer #3 · answered by Kissing Fate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny, all those "trick" techniques you mentioned really have not much in common with playing an actual tight groove "in the pocket" bassline in the context of a song - why don't you work on some of that, it will help a whole lot.
2007-03-05 15:17:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What genre do you play, mostly? Do you improvise much? Maybe try it when you're having a jam session with your musician buddies and see how it goes. When you're improvising, you can play something as difficult as you like with the rest of the group just playing an easier support.
2007-03-05 14:33:32 · answer #5 · answered by wonderer152 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look into some of the old jazz riffs. Lots of upright techniques cross over well.
2007-03-05 14:31:38 · answer #6 · answered by Wounded Duck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋