So this is me at the two year point. Never played bass before. Took @JoshFossgreen’s amazing Beginner to Baddass course then got my head down and put in the miles.
It’s been fun. At no time did I ever come home and not want to practice. So much so that I’ve easily done over a 1000 hours on the bass (mainly my Fender P Bass).
To date this is my 33rd cover and at the risk of repeating myself. Hands down the best thing for my playing has been learning and recording songs. Pretty much all the online teachers say the same thing, that building up your repertoire improves your playing.
Interesting back story to this song for all you Fleetwood Mac fans. Stretch were a 1970s British rock band that grew from the collaboration between Elmer Gantry and Kirby Gregory.
The band was put together in 1974 with help from Fleetwood Mac manager Clifford Davis and drummer Mick Fleetwood, to perform as Fleetwood Mac on a US tour because the existing Fleetwood Mac were not in a position to fulfill outstanding contractual obligations. However, Fleetwood did not join the tour as planned, and later denied any knowledge or involvement, and partway through the tour it became obvious to audiences that there was no original member of Fleetwood Mac in the band, and the tour collapsed. Bass player Paul Martinez claimed, “Mick Fleetwood pulled out at the last minute claiming not to know who we were!”
Stretch rose from the ashes of this debacle, and soon had a No. 16 hit single in November 1975 with “Why Did You Do It?”, the lyric of which was a direct attack on Mick Fleetwood for his failure to join the band on the ill-fated US tour.
I managed to get Moises to work for me on this track and it completely stripped out all the original bass from the recording. 20 years ago punters like us wouldn’t have been let anywhere near this technology.
Cheers Amigos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9XUzfM8ftg
HX Stomp
Comp - Line 6 Original Deluxe Compressor
Amp - Fender Bassman
Modulation - Retro Reel
MIM Fender Precision Bass
GHS Precision Flats
DAI - Focusrite Scarlett Solo
As always, it’s the support and encouragement of seeing other beginners on this thread giving it a go that helped spur me into recording myself.
So a big thanks to all the ‘Post Your Covers’ stars for putting yourselves out there:
@terb @Lanny @howard @JerryP @TNKA36 @PamPurrs @sfadams @Vegaswizzle @John_E @Ed @Old_WannaBe @Bassdacious @Al1885 @Paul_9207 @dlamson13 @kristine @RoyB @robbp @mpops1990
It’ll only let me tag a max of 20 of you!!
