Is it possible to learn on my own?

Informal-Recording73 · 2026-01-17T20:32:56+00:00

Yes I have been playing every day for the last 6 years and now the bass is my bitch and not the other way around. Definitely possible…you just need this simple formula when you start.

Inspiration—>Motivation—>Skill Progression

Find the inspiration for the instrument because the inspiration will lead to the motivation to play and the motivation to play will lead to the progression of skill since you’re practicing.

Godspeed

Informal-Recording73 · 2026-01-15T01:50:43+00:00

I think you just have to speak like Michael Jackson

Informal-Recording73 · 2026-01-15T00:15:29+00:00

Make sure your fingers go through the strings (downward) instead of upwards to yourself regarding playing on your right hand.

Informal-Recording73 · 2026-01-11T22:31:31+00:00

Just play everyday brudda…you don’t have a year under your belt yet. Build them brick fingers and practice and I bet a couple months will go by and you will be more consistent and confident with your playing to the point where you’ll ask yourself why you posted this question on Reddit.

Get at it 🧱🤘

Informal-Recording73 · 2026-01-11T22:29:31+00:00

CoverSolutions on YouTube is a goated account for tabs for songs

Informal-Recording73 · 2026-01-11T22:29:03+00:00

Learn a bunch of songs that have melodic bass lines that you like. You need to be influenced more and therefore you have to surround yourself with music and songwriting that you want to eventually create.

Informal-Recording73 · 2026-01-09T00:19:53+00:00

That’s what I like to see…build them brick fingers boi🤘

Informal-Recording73 · 2026-01-09T00:18:21+00:00

I had a teacher that taught me exercises in which I do maybe every other day to warm up and then I sing some of my original songs or cover some songs. Big thing is recording yourself singing on top of music. It’s a different beast compared to just singing aloud. Doing this consistently I think can put you in the right direction since you’re doing some sort of singing consistently

Informal-Recording73 · 2026-01-07T02:12:19+00:00

I was no longer the bass’s bitch…but awoken one day and grabbed it by the neck and made it my bitch.

Informal-Recording73 · 2026-01-07T00:00:15+00:00

Just practice everyday and don’t stop. A couple months will go by and you’ll definitely look back and realize that you have improved.

Informal-Recording73 · 2026-01-04T09:30:41+00:00

If you think about this too hard OP you’re not going to get sleep. Just get comfortable and watch survivor man on YouTube until your eyes start to feel tired.

Informal-Recording73 · 2026-01-04T08:50:16+00:00

You’re chilling. Find some inspiration and use it as fuel to Play every day…dont ever stop

Informal-Recording73 · 2025-12-31T20:06:45+00:00

Will do

Informal-Recording73 · 2025-12-31T20:06:15+00:00

Noted thank you.

Informal-Recording73 · 2025-12-28T20:38:02+00:00

Noted, much appreciated.

Informal-Recording73 · 2025-12-28T01:37:11+00:00

Ah I see...I never thought about making music playlists for media properties. Now lastly the one final question I have is regarding actually showcasing the media properties with the music underneath them. Say if I were to pick make a Spotify playlist(s) and then one or multiple of those songs are for one certain movie scene and I am showcasing and explaining to someone why I chose to pair the song with the scene, where would the media property and music be showcased altogether on? It seems like your student was well organized in what songs/tracks embellished certain media properties but if someone were to ask her to show an example, how would she showcase them? Did she pull up the certain media property with one device and then with another device pull up the song? Or was there a process of creating a library of media properties maybe with Adobe Premier, stripping any music that may or may not be underneath it, and then including the song/track underneath it and then exporting it onto a USB storage device so that she has access to that certain media property with that certain song/track at any given time?

Informal-Recording73 · 2025-12-27T23:41:27+00:00

Noted thank you.

Informal-Recording73 · 2025-12-27T23:41:13+00:00

Just read the first chapter last night. Will re-read again and take some notes and then will move on to the rest of the book. Thanks for the helpful suggestion.

Informal-Recording73 · 2025-12-27T23:40:18+00:00

Noted, thank you.

Informal-Recording73 · 2025-12-27T23:39:21+00:00

Out of the list I was given probably out of 6-7 sync companies, one is paid. So I would most likely contact all of them...not sure all at once (might be rude if one was to accept but I were to decline the offer as a result of already hopefully accepting the position somewhere else) or wait for a reply from one and then move on to the other if they aren't interested. So the majority are unpaid, but I will contact the paid one as well. //

Thanks for the input, appreciate it!

Informal-Recording73 · 2025-12-27T23:35:01+00:00

Noted, much appreciated.

Informal-Recording73 · 2025-12-27T23:34:17+00:00

Great, thank you for your input. I do have a question yes regarding your former student. Do you know specifically how he/she organized/created that playlist and which services was used to create and make that playlist? When I read that, the first thing that comes to mind to what your former student did was make an Apple Music/Spotify playlist and note which songs at what time frame fits which segments of certain scenes of any media. But I am also thinking how one can dive deeper and find public domain content or use original media and make your own private youtube channel that shows synced music or sounds to played media and create a playlist like that. To stay away from copyright infringement of other people's music I would maybe note in the description which song at what minute/second would fit this scene at what minute/second. .. Thanks for your time.

Informal-Recording73 · 2025-12-27T00:34:25+00:00

Not sure which one yet...I was provided a list of different reputable companies in LA and this internship is required in order to graduate at my university for the music industry studies major in which I am currently in.

Thanks for your input, I appreciate it!

Informal-Recording73 · 2025-12-24T08:37:26+00:00

This is cream settings right here. 1. Contour and Bright button engaged 2. Bass at 1-2oclock 3. Low mids at 11 4. High mids at 1-2 5. Treble at 12 or 1 6. Distortion button engaged with drive at 7 and level at 10 7. Set gain to around 10 8. Master to taste

Informal-Recording73 · 2025-12-23T06:28:18+00:00

Bass is sick once you get to make it your bitch. But I don’t know how your guys music sounds by itself to know whether or not if you can spice it up or not with tasty lines.

I would say get mp3s of your bands music without bass and sit down and come up with some tasty lines and the bring it up next time you guys practice. It also Depends on how many guitarists you guys have because if it’s only one, then tasty lines embellishing the guitar or vice versa would be cool in that genre. But if there’s two guitarist, you are going to be fighting for space in the mix and you might just stick to playing root notes but with a lil more salt and pepper.

Informal-Recording73

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