Brain-Rain.

Once I put the bass down, it’s down. Also no one wants this water.

-After lugging my upright bass in a gig bag all the way up a wheelchair ramp and squeezing through the door, I’m standing next to it in literally the only place in the room where it is out of the way of everyone.-

Guy working at studio: “Can you just move your double bass over here behind the counter? It’s blocking the water cooler.”

Me: -Motioning over to the door next to me-“Oh, I have a lesson in a few minutes in this room right here.”

Guy: “Okay but I’m gonna need you to move it over here.”

Me: “I’m just propping it up here for a minute-“

Guy: “What if someone wants a drink of water?”

LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO WAIT.

eternallylostinwonderland asked: May i ask why there were teeth marks in your rosin?

I AM GLAD YOU ASKED.

(For those of you who don’t know what rosin is, it’s a type of sticky resin that bowed string instrument players use to help the hairs of the bow grip the strings.)

I use Pop’s Bass Rosin for my bow. The cake of rosin comes in a little paper cup inside the container. So in order to use the rosin, one needs to peel back the paper wrapper. But, of course, it was stuck pretty good to the rosin because it was still pretty stiff. Since I have very short fingernails and no access to any type of tool to pry the wrapper off, I used my teeth. Which worked for the most part. 

Does rosin taste good? - Debatable.

Was it worth it? - Yes.

Anonymous asked: How did you get into learning upright bass? I'd love to learn either upright bass or cello but lessons are expensive, and my school district has no orchestra program.

Well I’ve always loved the upright bass. And I always have known I wanted to play it. It’s just the perfect instrument for me, and I love it, as much as I complain about it. So I had been desperately searching around for an instructor for years. One day I was close to going over 100 miles away to meet somebody that might be able to give lessons. But I asked someone at the place I take singing lessons from, and it turns out that they had recently hired a cello teacher that could teach bass for me. AND I CRIED TEARS OF HAPPINESS FOR WEEKS. So as far as finding an instructor goes, ask around. Places like instrument shops, music studios, music teachers, etc. might have some idea. It never hurts to ask.

If I were you, I would give some thought to the cello. It’s a great instrument without all the pain of string plucking and having an upright bass fall on top of you in a parking lot. It would probably also be much easier to find an instructor for cello, since it’s pretty popular. But hey, if you like the bass, go for it! Bass is my first instrument aside from a run-in with a flute many years ago that did not end well at all.

GOOD LUCK SWEETIE. Hope I could help a little. Let me know how it goes for you.

Here, have a gif:

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almama-deactivated20120119 asked: So I read that you play bass? Well I need help. Do you know how to play an 'A Melodic Minor' 2 Octave? You just raise the 6th and 7th making F and G sharp going up and coming down you play naturals and play G harmonic, correct?

Sssssssounds about right from what I can tell. Looking at stuff like this sometimes helps, but I dunno how effectively it translates to the actual bass, ya know?

Might wanna ask around, though. My terminology has always been kinda shaky.

In lieu of a better answer, you can have this gif of someone scaring their roommate: