Listening to the Bass

~ With the dreams, work, music, and my finances... I feel that this week has been about forced discovery then anything else. In all areas its been about trying to overcome, then simply trying to survive. ~

Earlier this week, I was asked to play my bass guitar on this Sunday, and even though I was reluctant to do so I was curious if I would learn something different about myself. The only thing that I decided to do differently was to ask for brutal criticism, because most of the time I get the impression that people thing I'm made of glass and that if they tell me certain things I will crack. I'm far from cracking, in fact I'm open to criticism because I want to change the way I handle the issues in my life.

Playing the bass guitar for band practice on Tuesday, presented some new challenges for me... because I've always viewed myself as a musician, and not a Bass Player. Maybe its because I love all instruments and I'm not focusing on the instrument that I'm currently playing. The musician director said that I need to LISTEN to the BASS in the music; basically... Dorian you need to focus on being a Bass Player.

I don't practice, I haven't even really established a practice routine in a very long time. But between today and Sunday... I'm going to make sure I practice the music really hard... because I do miss playing. And I'm going to try and be the best damn bass player I can be. But being consistent and receiving feedback is more important to whatever progress I hope to make.

I have the music, and I'm re-committing myself to the bass guitar in a whole different way. That might even mean re-learning the fundamentals of music, which over the years has been corrupted by inactivity and lack of focus.