Playing Bass -

@ned posted the other day, himself singing and playing guitar. (See link bottom of post.)

You have to admit, that's not very typical of a CEO, so I thought it was pretty cool, and made a comment on the post, I will repeat just below:

"I soon learned as a musician, having really good musical taste is the hard part. We used to say in music school, learning how to listen, was the hardest part.

Anybody can play, few listen.

Bassists can change the world. Even Polish bassists.. ;-)

If you can play at the level of Jaco, or the guy above, you are the show. But there's little room for anybody else ;-)

I've played both 6 string and electric bass, and string bass in orchestras as well.
In 2009, the economy was down, and I just lived on savings, didn't attempt to find a job, and just stayed home and learned 6 string electric for the first time. In a year I sounded really good; "practicing every day for at least 20 minutes" was my personal rule, but it soon turned into a 2 hour session every time.

I forgot to mention, that's when I bought the 10 electric guitars, and hung them around the apartment.. ;-)"

I am a frustrated Bassist. But this live video of NAMM 3 years ago is one of my favorite music videos I've discovered this year, so I thought I'd post it and share with family. I had a teacher that was on this level, his name was Jim Simmons, well known in the Phoenix area in the 1980s. Ran a Jazz club in Tempe called Chuy's Choo Choo.

https://steemit.com/gathering/@ned/playing-bass-versus-playing-guitar