Hi @GanglyCloth,
A few timing issues going on, and some inconsistencies in the tone between your plucking fingers, all this stuff will diminish with time and practice,
great to see you putting yourself out there, its the only way you will get constructive feedback to assist in your development,
keep up the good work,
Cheers Brian
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Definitely. I’ve been noticing that lately, but I haven’t really worried about it. Do you know any drills to help, or just keep playing?
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Good to see you join in the fun!
You might want to try to keep your left leg still, I think it might be throwing your plucking fingers off and not allowing consistent plucks/timing. Everythinng is moving, legs, body, bass, hard enough to control everything when still, lol.
I do notice you are a bit ahead of the beat though most of the song as well.
What I do sometimes to help this is practice the song with the bass in vs. the bass removed track, it might help you feel the groove more. Then, when you have it baked in, switch to the track with the bass removed.
Good start @GanglyCloth, you are on your way!
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Hey mate @GanglyCloth,
Practice will clean this up, i used to do the same.
One thing i did was use one finger to keep the tone the same and then use the other finger on its own to try and get the same tone, then start mixing them alternating style.
What also happens when your playing along with songs is your adrenalin starts to kick in and you can easily get out of whack and try and force the notes which can lead to the same thing.
Trying to relax is not easy when your focused on keeping in time, but again it come down to practice, practice and more practice, hell i still *&(^ it up a lot 
Cheers Brian
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Hey. Good job on this. Sounded good if you adjust for the ahead of tempo bit. However, since you were consistently ahead of the beat, I’m not so sure this is you doing something wrong. This sounds like a mixing issue to me. Your bass track and backing track might be out of alignment. I’m not sure how good you are with adjusting tracks in a DAW, but if you move the backing track a bit to the left, things might magically be on beat.
Or as others have said, it could just be adrenaline making you a bit faster. I just think since it’s so consistent it’s probably a mixing issue. Either way, if you make that adjustment, it will probably sound better. You don’t need to though, up to you.
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So… finally!
Now just have to fix the jittery video for the next song…
Stay Tuned!
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Fantastic job @JPHaggerty
Don’t fix the video! Very Max Headroom. Make it your signature thing.
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Wait… you REMEMBER Max Headroom?!
We must be old… LOL
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We are, and I am sad for the ‘kids’ that don’t know the beauty of Max Headroom.
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Hey @GanglyCloth,
As others said try to keep time with you left foot so the bass is not moving all over. You can also stand and it makes it less noticeable if you want to use your right foot. Good job!
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Great job! Glad you are taking part in this. I can tell you are really enjoying yourself and that’s what it’s all about (well, and learning!). Sounded pretty flawless to me so don’t have any words of wisdom. Lovely tone too. And yes, I also know about Max Headroom! If you need any help figuring out what happened to the video then I’m sure there are plenty of people on here willing to chip in some advice.
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Nice job @JPHaggerty,
couple small tonal changes when playing at the 12th and 10th fret, but besides those good consistent tone throughout, nice bass
keep up the good work,
Cheers Brian
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Thanks, Brian!
Yeah, I was trying to keep it consistent throughout, but…
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Hi!!
This is my first post in the forum, I’ll wait for your feedback.
https://youtu.be/269WD4G6Q8g
Thanks!!
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Great effort @Gigio and thanks for posting. We hope to see more from you. I hope this comment won’t discourage you, so please take it as helpful advice. Your timing was way off (unless I’m hearing it wrong). the tone sounded like it was good, but it was hard to tell with the out of sync timing.
Keep it up though! Everyday in every way, you get better and better.
Pam
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Thanks for your feedback, next time i’ll try to record while listening the song and improve my timing.
Thanks again!!
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You’re very welcome @Gigio. We are all here to help one another in any way we can to become the best bass players we can be. Keep in mind always that the bass is a rhythm instrument, so timing is of the utmost importance.
Rock on!
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