Thank you! Slapping is definitely useful to learn, but I guess once I got myself around it, it won’t be a major part of my playing too. Oh, read your stories on your profile. Inspiring 
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You might surprise yourself. For me it just took being blown away by a slap virtuoso to appreciate it. I’m still bad at it but I think it is cool.
Plus, Peter Hook pops in Perfect Kiss! He doesn’t slap though.
(I’ve seen him say elsewhere that he hates it though, so don’t worry 
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I appreciate it, but maybe I just can’t handle way too much of it haha pop, that one I do like!
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Welcome aboard @seabear,
Enjoy the ride.
If you are b2b course you will be showing your mates how to play bass in 3 months.
This course will give you a great foundation that will keep you motivated to pursue your goals.
Cheers Brian
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Dammit! Now I gotta clean up my code 
Ah well I’m more of a backend developer but I made a bass practice website as a project to fill my time during the time I got reduced work hours. It’s a bit thrown together and not very clean architecture/structure wise but so far it didn’t have to stand up to any scrutiny in that area. Also completely forget me designing something non-standard that looks good 
Welcome @gcancella!
Glad to have you on board
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Welcome everyone. Blimey, it’s a full time job in here saying hello to all the new folk! It moves pretty quick 
High five! Tina and Joe are some of my favs too!
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Hopefully! Now I have identified 2 of my habits; the position of the thumb (should be in the middle of the neck, not wrapping the top of fretboard edge), and not alternating the plucking fingers. Working towards that!
Doot doot doot doot doot doot doot do-do doot doot doot psycho killer!
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Huh. Somehow didn’t see your introduction post. Welcome @seabear
What was it Gio always says? The first step to fixing your mistakes is awareness? Something like that. Good job!
I am not sure why and if there’s a reason for it at all but I’ve also seen slap players slap high on the fretboard. But it hurts my thumb to land on the fretboard so it’s probably still best to keep it between fretboard and pickup.
There are already multiple threads about practice time and schedule. Josh will also talk about it in the end of the course. Very much boiled down:
- practice often not (necessarily) long
- make practicing easy to access (bass reachable, amp plugged in)
- don’t bother too much with technical exercises - 10-15min
- play things you enjoy - have fun
In your case I would focus on finishing the course because it will provide everything you listed. You can still search for practice time on the forum (looking glass top right - on mobile you need to be in landscape mode to see it).
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Thank you for noticing!
Oh no. I thought that was the way to do it!
The dreaded search button, I hereby swear that I will do my best to make full use of that button 
I have the bass on my desk, just next to the laptop which I use to study the lessons. Two questions; 1) do I wanna go down HARD on myself during self-practice, or just keep to your first point (practice often, not necessarily long)? 2) when do I practice, after each lesson or each module?
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Welcome aboard, @seabear . . .
We have a number of existing topics and threads with a great deal of information, so don’t be afraid to use the search function.
See you around the Forums and good luck in the course!
Cheers, Joe
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Free coding is a thing!
Pretty cool! I also have been working on some tools during the quarantine. It’s called fretful, it’s intended to be a public npm Vue package to be used by other developers in their projects. It can be used in multiple contexts, including music courses and chord charts. I’ll consider doing a React version also. Eventually, I’d like to have a demo page which any stringed instrument player can use to study note names, scales, chords, etc.
You can check the WiP at fretful.netlify.app
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Just had a look at what vue even is here. As said - not a frontend developer. I noticed your links but the comparison was easier to grasp for me. Looks interesting but I guess I will keep working with angular professionally. It’s a SCRUMM team so even though my focus is not frontend and most of the team are better at it it doesn’t mean I never touch frontend. Unlikely that we’ll switch frameworks. Also we’re quite keen on clean code and unit testing even in the frontend.
Woah! Tasty!
Even though it’s a WiP I consider adding it into my workout web app. Seems to be possible to integrate vue into an angular project.
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That’s the beauty of vue 
. You can include it fairly easily everywhere, including traditional html + css + js development.
I feel I’m deviating from the purpose of this thread and I get quite excited and talkative with subjects i’m interested in. Better stop while we’re ahead
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Ive been a member I think since Feb but I keep forgetting to do this lol. Hi guys my name is Teddy. Born and raised in South Side Chicago and currently living in Las Vegas.
I am a die hard music head of all genres with Hip Hop and Metal being the forefront. I Just got my bass in Jan and things are coming along awesome thanks to you guys. My goal is to write my own music and be able to play it on all the instruments I want on the songs.
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Welcome @hoodz91. I too was born and raised on the south side of Chicago (63rd and Pulaski). We should get on well 
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Welcome @hoodz91!
It seems that the phrase “born and raised” is enough for my brain to trigger starting the fresh prince of bel air song in my head.
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