Tell us about your bass journey!
A big and warm welcome from us all at tonebase, to the brand new shiny DOUBLE BASS platform!
I'm super excited to connect with you all here, and for everyone to get to know each other a little better while discovering everything that this wonderful platform has to offer. To kick things off, I'd love it if you shared a little about yourselves - just drop in some answers to some or all of these quesitons here:
1. What do you love about the bass?
2. How long have you been playing for? (Maybe you've taken a break and are getting back into it - let us know!)
3. What kinds of music interest you? (classical, jazz, folk, orchestra, solo, bluegrass, etc)
4. Anything else you'd like to share!
Don't be shy here, the more you can share the more I can help to understand our tonebass Double Bass community better, and orient our future discussions, courses, and livestream offerings to serve you all!
Cheers,
Travis Harrison
Double Bass Consultant, tonebase
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I'll kick things off!
1. I love so many things about the bass, but my favourite thing has to be the resonance it makes. I love the big, deep, rich sound - especially when we get to play bass lines in chamber music or in the orchestra that make it feel like we're "lifting" the whole ensemble with our sound!
2. I've been playing the bass for over two decades now, and I'm getting better every day...
3. Chamber music is my favourite, but it all goes in cycles - I try to keep the philosophy that "my favourite music is what I'm playing this week" - but these days I'm gravitating more and more towards solo Bach, or small ensemble folk music (like the music Paul Kowert shares with us in his courses!)
4. I'm just so excited to see how you all engage with this platform - from the courses, to social features, to the regular live streams - my hope is that you all feel this is a safe and diverse space that celebrates the greatest features of our instrument, and inspires you to reach your goals as a double bass player and musician.
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Hi all, just signed up, live in York (UK). Been playing electric bass 25 years, just bought an NXT5a (don't have space for an acoustic sadly). I love the sound, feel, vibe of the bass. When playing electric I really enjoy funky bluesy type stuff, on my stick bass really digging swing, jazz, blues. I am here to build up my skills and stop playing like an electric bassist.
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1. J'aime le son profond et l'objet: sa taille m'a toujours fasciné et j'adore les son bas.
2. J'ai acheté ma basse en 2004, mais je n'ai pas toujours été consistante: blessures au dos et pouce, trop de travail, d'autres projet d'art visuel en parallèle, trop de travail et déménagement m'ont fait prendre de grandes pauses.
3. J'aime jouer du classique, j'ai surtout été dans des ensemble de ce genre mais j'aime aussi le jazz mais je suis intimidée par le fait qu'il n'y ai pas de partition explicite et qu'il faut broder avec des suggestions d'accord... mais j'essaie de développer la technique de Walking bass et j'aimerais que ma prochaine participation à un groupe soit dans ce style.
4. Pensez-vous que la contrebasse soit un des instruments où la stature physique est très importantes? Les gens sont toujours étonnés que je joue d'un instrument alors que je suis très petite, mais ce n'est pas ça qui va m'arrêter. Aussi, quels sont vos trucs pour le transport? Je trouve aussi que c'est tout un défi! -
Hi everybody! I am excited about this new platform and learning from all the amazing people here!
I love everything about the bass and how versatile it is. It is truly amazing how many textures / sounds can be created and the pitch range that can be achieved with this beautiful instrument.
I have been playing bass for a very long time, and I am always working to get better! I love all music and have really been into improvised music as well as extended techniques and modern classical music. I am currently working on getting my classical technique to the next level and really focusing on improving with the bow.
Looking forward to this journey!Mike
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Hello everybody !
I am really excited too about this plateform. I am a French double bass student based in Paris.
I love bass because of the sound it produces and because of all the different styles we can play.
I begun to play double bass 5 years ago with a big passion and the passion is still here.
I am currently studying classical, baroque and Jazz music with amazing professors. I am a double bass teacher for young levels too and I am searching in this plateform to develop my skills : musicianship in all styles, technique and pedagogy.
And I want to enter in a professionnal orchestra at the right time, when my level is good enough of course.