My current goal as a new bass player is to be able to just sit and have a jam session like this and be at least competent enough to play continuously...
If I might, if I'm not too late lol, my personal tidbit is to treat music like a language. Just like Victor Wooten preaches. In a language, you got your letters, your words, your phonics, your phrases, your sentences, expressions, and a mouth to speak it all with. And you have your ears to listen to what everyone else is talking about. And your ears take in the input, and your mouth gives the corresponding output that lines up with the conversation that's taking place. Conversation has a subject matter, and there are things which are more suited and less suited for the subject matter on the board. However, sometimes the things which are less suited can be the right way to discuss and illustrate a particular subject depending on how it's voiced. Music is no different. When you jam, music is the language, the particular chord progression or musical idea you hear is the subject matter, and your instrument (the bass) is the mouth with which you communicate musical expressions that are relevant to the subject to varying degrees (the subject could be funk, pop, rock, jazz, or a mix of everything depending on the players). Use your ears to take in input, and use your "mouth" to give the corresponding output. The mouth has a tongue and teeth that have to be coordinated in order to voice things clearly and eloquently, and in a way that best articulates the point you're getting at with the right spirit and enunciation. The mouth has to be trained in order to get better at this. Hence, why we practice our instruments and make sure we got the bassics on lock (I love that pun). The ears also need to be trained with the music so that you know what to listen for, and what the music is trying to tell you to do. In conversations, one person may have the floor to voice their expression for a particular subject; play in a way that supports them, and gives them the space to voice their views. Eventually, you'll learn how to springboard off of their expressions and add to em. And BOOM! Grind at that, and you'll be there in no time!
My current goal as a new bass player is to be able to just sit and have a jam session like this and be at least competent enough to play continuously...
It's a great goal, and a great entry point to learning a lot more! Jamming and collaborating is important as much as you can do it!
Matt ramsey🔥
If I might, if I'm not too late lol, my personal tidbit is to treat music like a language. Just like Victor Wooten preaches.
In a language, you got your letters, your words, your phonics, your phrases, your sentences, expressions, and a mouth to speak it all with. And you have your ears to listen to what everyone else is talking about. And your ears take in the input, and your mouth gives the corresponding output that lines up with the conversation that's taking place.
Conversation has a subject matter, and there are things which are more suited and less suited for the subject matter on the board. However, sometimes the things which are less suited can be the right way to discuss and illustrate a particular subject depending on how it's voiced.
Music is no different.
When you jam, music is the language, the particular chord progression or musical idea you hear is the subject matter, and your instrument (the bass) is the mouth with which you communicate musical expressions that are relevant to the subject to varying degrees (the subject could be funk, pop, rock, jazz, or a mix of everything depending on the players). Use your ears to take in input, and use your "mouth" to give the corresponding output.
The mouth has a tongue and teeth that have to be coordinated in order to voice things clearly and eloquently, and in a way that best articulates the point you're getting at with the right spirit and enunciation. The mouth has to be trained in order to get better at this. Hence, why we practice our instruments and make sure we got the bassics on lock (I love that pun). The ears also need to be trained with the music so that you know what to listen for, and what the music is trying to tell you to do.
In conversations, one person may have the floor to voice their expression for a particular subject; play in a way that supports them, and gives them the space to voice their views. Eventually, you'll learn how to springboard off of their expressions and add to em.
And BOOM! Grind at that, and you'll be there in no time!
Am I the only one that noticed Matt Ramsey in the background taking notes? Matt can PLAY
That is not Matt
dang
What was the only job the camera man had to do?
Why?
LMBO!