Love mine, its been flawless since I picked up 10 years or so ago.
I'm also running Mac (desktop and laptop) for hosting DAW and software/streaming backing track sources. The Loopback virtual router software makes it really easy to map/route the backing track/instrument channels to the DAW, or Quicktime, with or without pass through and / monitors.
On the fiipside: I notice a lot of non-technical folks may get overwhelmed setting it up. Maybe worth a post or too to walk through yours(?)
Since wrapping up the 2025 Scott's Bass Lessons Fullstack Bass bootcamp (SBL FSB), I’ve been thinking about how to best continue to structure and evolve my practice regimens.
Recording has been helpful for me, especially focus on rhythm, technique, articulation and tone.
But it can also turn into a bit of a perfection trap if not getting external feedback, which might feed fear of failure rather than reduce it.
Open jams have been the best realtime feedback for me with low stakes for making mistakes.
They've also been great to build relationships and give me ideas where I want to go next, performance, writing, producing, etc.
My practice regimen still includes an accumulation of FSB, SBL Accelerator and other lessons I've accumlating, but a larger percentage has gone to repertoire, ear training, and starting to pick up other instruments.
Cheers Bro, I can relate to this, fighting is not about beating another guy half to death (for the majority) it's to find holes in your own skill set. Go back with new things to work on and evolve, I see no difference in that and recording yourself playing and using exactly the same principles and getting some proper education to get the cracks filled in. Great post!
+1 regarding Scarlett Focusrite for home studio.
Love mine, its been flawless since I picked up 10 years or so ago.
I'm also running Mac (desktop and laptop) for hosting DAW and software/streaming backing track sources. The Loopback virtual router software makes it really easy to map/route the backing track/instrument channels to the DAW, or Quicktime, with or without pass through and / monitors.
On the fiipside: I notice a lot of non-technical folks may get overwhelmed setting it up. Maybe worth a post or too to walk through yours(?)
Sure thing Bill, I can walk through my recording setup and how to use it at some stage!!
This really hits home.
Since wrapping up the 2025 Scott's Bass Lessons Fullstack Bass bootcamp (SBL FSB), I’ve been thinking about how to best continue to structure and evolve my practice regimens.
Recording has been helpful for me, especially focus on rhythm, technique, articulation and tone.
But it can also turn into a bit of a perfection trap if not getting external feedback, which might feed fear of failure rather than reduce it.
Open jams have been the best realtime feedback for me with low stakes for making mistakes.
They've also been great to build relationships and give me ideas where I want to go next, performance, writing, producing, etc.
My practice regimen still includes an accumulation of FSB, SBL Accelerator and other lessons I've accumlating, but a larger percentage has gone to repertoire, ear training, and starting to pick up other instruments.
I think that might merit a separate post, how to critique (and approach) your own playing in order to not fall into the perfection trap!
It took me ages to embrace this. But once I did, it made a huge difference.
It's a tough lesson to learn Will, but once you embrace it and begin to frame it in a positive light, it's amazing what you can then get done!
Cheers Bro, I can relate to this, fighting is not about beating another guy half to death (for the majority) it's to find holes in your own skill set. Go back with new things to work on and evolve, I see no difference in that and recording yourself playing and using exactly the same principles and getting some proper education to get the cracks filled in. Great post!
Thanks dude! And absolutely, it's the exact same principle applied to music, practice to find and fix holes in ones playing!