Thanks so much for the warm welcome, gang! I played for 2 hours yesterday- I’m in love for sure! And I can tell y’all are a great bunch!
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@rae_kristine No, I don’t powerlift - my nickname is from aaaaaages ago when I used to play quake 1 online. Blimey, that’s going back a bit. The name just kinda stuck over the years 
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When I’m not working (or now, learning bass), I’m a powerlifter, coach, and referee. But that’s all on hold right now of course so the bass has been my savior.
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Welcome to all the many new members who joined recently!
And, perhaps an extra warm welcome to @Courtney_Vtown - we could use some more prog fans in here (as @peterhuppertz also hinted to) 
And… we need a Chapman Stick player, for sure! I still remember how floored I was when I first heard KC’s Discipline album (way back when…).
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Thanks to all for the warm welcome
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Hello,
I just started the course.
I played the Bass guitar for three years in a Blues-Rock band with some friends from school during my teenage period in the late sixties (none of us had any formal musical education and we barely knew a few accords) I better say that I was the band’s member holding a bass guitar and producing background noise. But life took me in a completely different direction than playing the bass guitar. Today I play some fingerstyle on an acoustic six-string guitar.
Two weeks ago I decided to go back to play what I like the best: bass guitar. This time as a bedroom player. Many consider the bass guitar as a “band instrument” but I personally enjoy playing it alone, holding it, fretting and plucking the strings, and hearing its sound and playing with the backing tracks of songs. I continue to play and learn the acoustic but I still prefer the feeling of holding and playing and listening to the bass.
Several days ago I purchased a short-scale Fender Mustang PJ (Mexican made) and also a VOX amplung 2 Bass to serve me until I save enough for a small quality amp.
The course is fantastic. I guess that because I already play some basic fingerstyle on my six-string acoustic guitar, it has been a bit easy for me until module 6. But even so, an early lesson like the 3rd lesson of module 1 helped me correct a bad self-taught habit from the past: not to pull the string up and away but to pluck across. Very excited to be here.
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Thanks everyone 
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And hello to even more new members! I’ve enjoyed the first few modules, just going back to basics and taking it slow and I’ve even learnt a few bits!
Great course so far!!!
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Thank you @JerryP! They are just SO good! Had the chance to see them in 1995 at the Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley but my mom would not let me go because I was too young and she did not know the people I was going with 
Probably a smart move on her part but oooooooh was I bummed. Its funny because she gave in the next summer and let me see Steely Dan relatively far away on a school night (thank GOD!) haha. I still have my unused King Crimson ticket—I was that close! That would have been THE lineup to see as I’m a bit obsessed with Adrian Belew as well…
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Thank you for Welcoming 
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So happy to be here @joergkutter! Thanks for the welcome. I had to wait to reply as I’ve been too much of a Chatty Cathy and the forum said I had to wait 6 hours Yes, King Crimson blew my mind when I first heard them back in the day. When I was in high school I worked at a really cool independent record store and someone I worked with introduced me to them. I grew up with music loving parents (funk/soul/r&b mostly) and I adore those styles too and then working at the record store introduced me to prog rock and Steely Dan. Also been rediscovering some Zappa stuff recently. Always liked it but never got deep into it-I can feel that changing now… At one time I had almost all of his CDs; wish I would have kept them! Anyway, look forward to connecting further on this platform. Meeting new people on here really does inspire one to keep at it! And I plan to tackle that Chapman Stick one day soon!
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You’re like a cat – bit by bit trying to work your way into the household, making sure the humans find you endearing.
I do hope you at least kept Hot Rats.
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No contemporary jazz library is complete without this album.
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Hi All, my name is Nancy from Berkeley, CA. Although I’ve been playing bass for about 12 years, I feel like it is finally time to get serious about learning music theory, get my sight-reading chops up to speed, and generally “unlearn” some bad habits and replace them with good ones. As for my musical experience, I first started on banjo 42 years ago, then moved to guitar about 38 years ago (I’m still terrible!), until I finally started to play drums in 1986. Currently this is the only instrument on which I feel halfway competent.
I was a music major in percussion briefly when I was an undergraduate, but I had a very negative experience which really turned me off to learning music theory properly. When I finally picked up bass 12 years ago, it felt very natural for me. But I’ve been playing it off and on over the years, and I’ve always felt that my “fear” of theory and sight-reading has been holding me back. Well, fear no more! I’ve finally decided to bite the bullet and sign up for the B2B course and just dig in.
I have a fairly eclectic range of musical influences and bassists who have inspired me over the years, from hard driving bassists such as Jack Casady, Jack Bruce, Peter Albin, Noel Redding, Willie Dixon, Berry Oakley, and John Paul Jones, to some of the more “melodic” players like James Jamerson, Paul McCartney, Dee Murray (Elton John), Randy Meisner (the Eagles), Jim Fielder (Blood, Sweat & Tears), Chuck Rainey, and Peter Cetera (I know I know, please don’t roast me over this last one. I like his bass work with early Chicago during the Terry Kath era, before the awful '80’s syrupy music).
In my non-musical life, I work as a Master Blender and international distillery consultant, mostly making Bourbon and various other whiskeys, for a number of distilleries nationally and internationally. I also teach maturation, warehousing and blending courses and sensory analysis for distillers. Since I’m usually on the road, the Covid-19 pandemic is giving me some time at home to finally work on what I day-dream about all day, which is playing bass! It is a pleasure to finally be here on the forum and to sign up for the B2B course after having been a lurker for so long. Cheers, N.
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@WhiskeyBlender welcome to the forum. I already like you a lot… anyone who makes booze is alright with me!
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@PamPurrs, hehehe, somehow I thought that mention of my career might turn some heads! In all seriousness, I just bit the bullet and bought the B2B online version of the course. I can’t wait to dive right in! Good to “virtually” meet you as well. Cheers, N. 
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