your question:

08/31/2022 Caitlin O'Connor

What are your tenets of bass-playing? What wisdom would you impart to someone just starting out?

my answer:

Learn the basics of theory and technique. You can decide how far you want to take it with either but I am a firm believer in tried-and-true fundamentals. Open your mind to many kinds of music. The more versatile you are the more choices you have, and an easier time making a living. Dig in deeper to the things that move you the most. Transcribe. Figure out what those that came before you did and add yourself to it. Don’t waste time; sacrifices must be made (i.e. having much of a social life, partying). Above all, listen.