My Journey To The Dark Side
Well, today I received the first issue of my new Bass Player magazine subscription. After years of subscribing to Guitar Player, I didn’t renew, instead opting for the low-note sibling magazing. As quipped by a good friend of mine (in a decent Darth Vader impression) “Your journey to the Dark Side is now complete…”.
I still don’t consider myself to be nearly as proficient on the instrument as I am on guitar. For one thing, I tend to think and play like a guitarist, so my bass playing isn’t quite as idiomatic as I’d like it to be. But I do feel that I’m making strides on the instrument and look forward to digging in to some lessons with a local teacher.
So for the moment I’ve stashed my guitar Jedi robe in the hall closet. Even if the Dark Side isn’t more powerful, at least the bad guys tend to wear much cooler black outfits.
Dude … Guitar players playing bass are far more interesting than bass players playing bass. However, they are probably not as interesting as guitar players playing Sousaphone.