Hey Josh, I was wondering why it is when musicians play a song together, they often start laughing when they’ve finished it.
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How the heck do you mute the B string when slapping a 5-string bass?
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Josh: I have a problem where my pinky is moving involuntarily when I actuate my ring finger. I also find myself “squeezing” the neck when fretting a note. Bad Moon Rising_cover - YouTube
Any advice on how to fix these?
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My last question…
Will you please join us one day for one of these…?
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First of all a big thank you for the B2B course and this great place to hang out with really good people.
I was wondering if you ever have days when things just don’t gel and you find it harder than usual to get things just how you want them?
And how do you keep yourself so grounded and an all round good guy? Taking your playing and teaching abilities into account it would be all too easy to have the ego of a small country ( or lead guitarist)and yet you don’t
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I would like to third @John_E & @JerryP ,
Would be great to see you at a B2B hang Josh, and yes you can bring your banana 
Cheers Brian
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I think I know the answer to this, but are there times you miss doing your cruise ship gig?
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Still learning Spanish? Como va eso?
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Touch wood that you stay out of lockdown…whats the immediate plans for live work? Meaning would it be baby steps and do close to home work or hopefully get out and about around the US? Goodluck either way
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Thanks everyone for participating, this was fun! Here’s the last round of answers:
I didn’t start playing til I was 12 or 13, but the first thing I ever played on bass was Hit The Road Jack, with my dad and little sister playing piano. It was thrilling!
I don’t think it will necessarily keep you from successfully pulling off a song like that, but it does indicate excess tension in your hand, so I’d do some more breathing/relaxing practice!
Lol! Surprisingly, I drive an old Prius. It’s not the size of the outside of the car, it’s the roominess of the interior. I don’t get claustrophobic, but I do get very uncomfortable! Literally played a club in New Hope PA once that had such a low ceiling I had to play sitting on a stool. 
Sounds like a setup issue! Take it a guitar tech and have them sus it out for you.
Somewhere online, I forget now, it’s been a few years!
Cuz music is fun. 
Also sometimes it’s a rush of a “wow we barely pulled that off” feeling. 
Fretting hand!
First thing I’d do is get your ring finger off those 5th fret notes, and practice your index-middle-pinky fretting techinque (aka Simandl), to get you more comfortable on the pinky and so you don’t stick it behind the neck like that.
Otherwise, it’s just lots of slow practice and finger independence exercise. And re:neck squeezing, again, the more attention you put on lightening up the pressure, especially on the thumb, the better you’ll get. I talk about that in this vid if you haven’t already watched it:
That would be fun! I’ll see if I can make it!
Yep! I think everybody probably does… they just don’t put them on Instagram.
Probably a lot of things! It doesn’t feel like something I have to try to do, I just remember every day that I’m making these lessons to help people out, not to boost my image.
Not really. I miss traveling, and it’s fun to play gigs every day, but I much prefer living on land, like a normal human being!
I wish! Duolingo got really boring for me after a while. I just don’t need that much practice saying “El hombre es muy elegante”!
No idea, just making bass lessons and going with the flow! Not sure what life has in store for me next with my performing career. Just trying to have fun with the bass in the meantime.
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