- The secret is to know your role - when to step up and when to stay back. Listen to the rest of the band and look for the simplest path.
- Listen to the kick and snare and try to make your bass lines singable. If you think about it, many pop hits revolve around a strong and memorable bass line.
- To practice dynamics, plug into a recording device and visually monitor the VU-meter levels.
- Trust your fellow musicians and you will be more comfortable with experimentation - and experimentation is what leads to musical growth.
- Playing bass is as much a process of awareness as a skill: leading and following, suggesting and responding, all in real time.
- When I'm playing live I imagine I'm in the studio, and that gives me the discipline to really nail everything. And then when I'm in the studio, I pretend I'm playing live. That allows me to not be in a semi-stiff environment, but more of a free-spirited environment. Balance is very important to everything.
- Music is a unique form of human expression - and while much time is spent practicing, ultimately your music is a reflection of who you are as a person.
- The producer called you for solutions, not because he needed more problems.
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