What are you proud of? - Page 4

classicman · 09-27-2014, 09:33 PM

thanks guys.

Undertoad · 10-30-2014, 09:36 PM

I'm proudest that I taught myself how to play bass by thinking about it.

In my high school days I borrowed a guitar, I had a poor acoustic briefly, and I played a borrowed bass for a few minutes. In college I didn't have any instruments, but in my heart I had settled on bass.

So I just thought about it. I remembered how the bass was tuned in fourths, even though I didn't know what a fourth was. I pictured the fretboard in my head, and I imagined how each fingerings and techniques would result in various notes and sounds. I'd isolate bass parts while listening to bands, and I'd remember the riffs and try to figure out how they were played.

By the time I actually bought a bass, it had been a few years of thinking about it. Within a week I could play it pretty competently.

Griff · 10-31-2014, 05:53 AM

That is really damn cool!

Clodfobble · 10-31-2014, 06:58 AM

That is really cool, Toad.

I'm proud that I finished writing a memoir. Just under 110,000 words, tells a variety of stories about the kids within a larger arc, the whole thing's damn good if I do say so myself. Working on getting an agent and getting it published, but I'm proud of just doing it in the first place.

glatt · 10-31-2014, 07:29 AM

I love this thread. You people are all impressive.

classicman · 10-31-2014, 01:38 PM

WHS^

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10-31-2014, 06:58 AM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	That is really cool, Toad. I'm proud that I finished writing a memoir. Just under 110,000 words, tells a variety of stories about the kids within a larger arc, the whole thing's damn good if I do say so myself. Working on getting an agent and getting it published, but I'm proud of just doing it in the first place. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-31-2014, 01:38 PM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	WHS^ __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-30-2014, 09:36 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'm proudest that I taught myself how to play bass by thinking about it. In my high school days I borrowed a guitar, I had a poor acoustic briefly, and I played a borrowed bass for a few minutes. In college I didn't have any instruments, but in my heart I had settled on bass. So I just thought about it. I remembered how the bass was tuned in fourths, even though I didn't know what a fourth was. I pictured the fretboard in my head, and I imagined how each fingerings and techniques would result in various notes and sounds. I'd isolate bass parts while listening to bands, and I'd remember the riffs and try to figure out how they were played. By the time I actually bought a bass, it had been a few years of thinking about it. Within a week I could play it pretty competently.

10-31-2014, 07:29 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I love this thread. You people are all impressive.

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