Question:
>…why should you have a song you > can’t play on your list
Because if you are in a band sometimes you have to play songs that other band members want to play although you don’t know it well and you have to do you’re best and for me it’s easier if I just improvise on stage. fran
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I agree but I wouldn’t go as far as saying it’s 90% mental to me it’s all mental. As long as you practice your material to the point when you can play it in your sleep you’re usually 9 out of 10 times ok. 
Chance P.S. To me it helps to think of music as martial arts to get it down to the point that it’s instinct that’s the key.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I just try to keep my stress low the day of a gig, and try to play something, > anything at all, unplugged, at various parts of the day. Then I try to enjoy > myself at the gig, just take in everything (no excessive ingestion of > intoxicants, of course). After all, I am part of the party. Remember, > 90-percent of this game is half-mental. Focus combined with relaxation will > deliver you. But if you ain’t prepared, you’re in trouble. > Edward G. > ‘It’s not a gang; it’s a club.’
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well because I’m the dj (which I said) I really don’t care if I play a song from the list. And playing a song from the list (from bassist point of view) doesn’t mean that you can’t do it. I mean…why should you have a song you can’t play on your list. If it’s a cool song to play and a nice warming upper…whats the prob then? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I prefer to warm up for at least half an hour. I start slowly, playing > cromatic exercises in the 7-12 fret area and then I go down the neck to > stretch my left hand fingers. Then I play some scales and arpegios accross > the whole neck. > I slap some octave patterns and other kind of slap patterns. > I never warm up playing songs from the setlist. If you don’t have them > by then all you can do is feel more insecure when that particular song/part > is coming if you have tried to master it in the warmup. > keep groovin’ > Fran Diaz > Santander, Spain > well i’m actually the dj in a band, but I can play the bass to and it > feels > really good warming up on a bass. I start with warming up my right hand > (plucking) > Jumping from string to string doing 4ths 8ths 16ths 32ths al that stuff. > Then I start using three fingers and making some speed. Then some octave > slapping. Then I start warming up my fretting hand, starting on the high > tones and working my way down. Doing al sorts of paterns involving 1 note > per string. Then as grand finale The first song that the bassist plays. I > takes about 10-20 minutes for a good warmup. > hope that this helps
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I just try to keep my stress low the day of a gig, and try to play something, anything at all, unplugged, at various parts of the day. Then I try to enjoy myself at the gig, just take in everything (no excessive ingestion of intoxicants, of course). After all, I am part of the party. Remember, 90-percent of this game is half-mental. Focus combined with relaxation will deliver you. But if you ain’t prepared, you’re in trouble. Edward G. ‘It’s not a gang; it’s a club.’
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I like to playu this bit from Metallica’s Orion, it’s pretty fast so it warms up and it moves around a bit, and it also helps me decide whether my strap is at the right length cos its on teh 7th and 9th frets. I also sometimes play the start of Californication by RHCP, begininning of Spiders by System of a Down, and some other stuff i feel like.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> What warmups do you go through when you go to a gig and prepare to play so > your hands don’t feel like rubber clubs for the first few songs? How much > time? > Andrew Thompson
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I prefer to warm up for at least half an hour. I start slowly, playing cromatic exercises in the 7-12 fret area and then I go down the neck to stretch my left hand fingers. Then I play some scales and arpegios accross the whole neck. I slap some octave patterns and other kind of slap patterns. I never warm up playing songs from the setlist. If you don’t have them by then all you can do is feel more insecure when that particular song/part is coming if you have tried to master it in the warmup. keep groovin’ Fran Diaz Santander, Spain – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> well i’m actually the dj in a band, but I can play the bass to and it feels > really good warming up on a bass. I start with warming up my right hand > (plucking) > Jumping from string to string doing 4ths 8ths 16ths 32ths al that stuff. > Then I start using three fingers and making some speed. Then some octave > slapping. Then I start warming up my fretting hand, starting on the high > tones and working my way down. Doing al sorts of paterns involving 1 note > per string. Then as grand finale The first song that the bassist plays. I > takes about 10-20 minutes for a good warmup. > hope that this helps
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well i’m actually the dj in a band, but I can play the bass to and it feels really good warming up on a bass. I start with warming up my right hand (plucking) Jumping from string to string doing 4ths 8ths 16ths 32ths al that stuff. Then I start using three fingers and making some speed. Then some octave slapping. Then I start warming up my fretting hand, starting on the high tones and working my way down. Doing al sorts of paterns involving 1 note per string. Then as grand finale The first song that the bassist plays. I takes about 10-20 minutes for a good warmup. hope that this helps – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> What warmups do you go through when you go to a gig and prepare to play so > your hands don’t feel like rubber clubs for the first few songs? How much > time? > Andrew Thompson
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What warmups do you go through when you go to a gig and prepare to play so your hands don’t feel like rubber clubs for the first few songs? How much time? Andrew Thompson
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> What warmups do you go through when you go to a gig and prepare to play so > your hands don’t feel like rubber clubs for the first few songs? How much > time?
I think it is better to just do the soundcheck and then leave the bass alone and relax. If possible start the set with an easy song to warm up. Doing warmups in the backstage only makes me more nervous and insecure. Then I try to remember the song structures, forget everything and eventually end up making mistakes. 8( TR