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The SBL Podcast

193 - Can you be JUST A BASSIST?

The SBL Podcast

Scott's Bass Lessons

Bass, Electric Bass, Sbl, Education, Music Interviews, Online Bass Lessons, Music, Bass Guitar, Scott's Bass Lessons

4.8522 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Despite there being countless benefits, many bass players never think beyond learning to play their first instrument. But for the few that do, a whole world of opportunities awaits. In this episode, Scott and Ian debate over whether or not you should learn to play more than just the bass, and unravel some insights that just might convince you to go for it.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Now, does it sound a little like a Dodge commercial from 2003?

0:06.7

It does, dude, but do I love it?

0:09.1

I do indeed.

0:10.8

Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of the Scott and Ian show on the SBL podcast.

0:16.2

Let's go!

0:17.6

Ow!

0:18.2

Oh, man, already just blowing up this mic, turning it down, turning it down. Hey, we got a fun new song. We've got a fun new episode in this episode. I'm going to talk to Scott about, I don't know, should you play more than just the bass? Are we just bass players? Are we just specialists? Or are we multi-instrumentalists, right? Do you play some piano?

0:39.3

Do you play a little guitar? You play the drums or the tubs? Nobody. No drummer likes to use the

0:44.2

word tubs. Nobody. If you tickle the ivories, no piano player likes that. Do you strum the old strings?

0:51.3

That was the worst. I'm ashamed of myself for that one. But it's all good,

0:56.9

dude. We move on. We move on. I am pretty much, I mean, spoiler, I am pretty much only a bass player.

1:02.6

I have some other skills, but Scott has all these multi-instrumental skills, and he talks about that.

1:08.2

But I do have another skill that I get to at the end of the

1:12.7

episode. So a little dangling carrot for you there. Now, hey, my name is Ian Martin Allison. I am

1:18.4

one half of the Scott and Ian show. And look, I am employed at SBL. I'm a team member at

1:25.4

SBL. Scott doesn't like it when I use the word employee, but it's all good, dude.

1:29.0

It's all in love. I love working for SBL. Do you know what we do at SBL? If you don't, let me just tell you.

1:35.3

It is the world's greatest online platform for learning how to play the base. You can be a beginner

1:41.0

and play. You can come in as an intermediate. You can come in as a pro and still have tons of insight.

1:47.0

So no matter where you are on your journey,

1:49.0

there is something that is right for you at SBL.

1:53.0

There's so many things that I love.

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