She also was already an experienced musician. Just not on the bass.
Which you can hear, because her lines aren’t necessarily technical. They’re highly musical and serve the song.
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You just brought up a past nightmare for me, piano lessons, I took it for about 1 year when I was 12, absolutely HATED it. Looking back on it I figured out why, I was playing songs that I had no interest in, that was the key. If modern day piano lessons use music that is popular, that would make a huge difference, as well as making it fun. It’s also a big reason why we like learning to play the bass, we are playing music that we want to learn how to play, simple as that.
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She’s a beast and I love her playing. I’m working on Psycho Killer, I have it pretty well down but it’s a workout for me, but at least I don’t break out in a sweat while I’m playing it anymore.
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I’ve been playing practicing for a little over 2 years now , every day for at least an hour and I don’t dare to say I’m a bassist , I always say I started learning the bass 
Just joined a band, got my homework and will have my first practice session in 2 weeks from now, I’m scared sh%tless and feel like a total imposter but my enthusiasm wins from my fear.. so do I feel competent? Nope
Before this I have played drums in several bands , never felt really competent in those 15 years I have done that , but I had fun and i worked out well most of the time
So it doesn’t matter , just go and play and have fun!
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Perfectly said..
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I love playing the disco octaves!
They’ve become part of my little warmup/practice routine. A great way to strengthen those pinkies and practise muting.
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Yeah I thought that too. Actually, I think I saw people mentioning that on forums when they talked about this course before I signed up.
Was it maybe like that on the older version of the course?
I’m on module 13 right now, so maybe I’ll give BJ a try later.
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Good idea for a warm up.
I practice the major and minor scale
Are you the guy in the room wearing the bass? Then you’re the bassist.
You got this.
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Thanks David !
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I suppose I have sort of an answer for this, even though I spent several decades playing a standard 6 string guitar, I was asked how long have I been playing several times (sort of different from this thread’s question) but my answer could apply here as well.
“I don’t play the bass, I play with the bass.” Same answer, different instrument.
Competence depends on which song, some yes, many not at all.
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It’s not exactly like that but Josh will speak about BJ in the last module.
You wait until @qenden gets paid for a gig, and then he becomes a ‘professional bassist’ like me 
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Instantly…
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