Showing posts with label thumb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thumb. Show all posts

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Thumb

It was all bass all day today. The hours of playing, I realized, strengthened my thumb. Also, when one is predominantly a guitarist, upon playing bass, there has to be a switch in the mind frame; one has to think bass which is what I need to do. I kept playing the bass like a guitar, with all those fast runs, it gives very little meaning to a bass embrace. However, I can't simplify my phrasing for this to happen, I keep treading on complexity, which is more suitable for guitar.

Listening to Jaco Pastorious now...