bassing it up all weekend long
Mid way through this week, I thought that this weekend might be a bit of a quiet one… But clearly I just forgot all the things that were happening that made it quite the busy weekend.
Last night it was down at the church having a band practice for the Wisdom For Women night (which was tonight). Then today was out to Windsor Baptist Church for a wedding. The wedding wasn’t until 3, but we headed out there about 10 to set up amps, sound-check and have a run through of the songs. We then headed off to the local pub for some lunch before back at the church for one final run through and then the wedding. And then it was racing off from Windsor back to church for W4W tonight.
At both events I was bassing, and I had a pretty tops time. I really got into the fretless a lot, and I’m enjoying seeing what it can do, and enjoying the precision that’s needed. It’s definitely going to make me a much less lazy bass player and force me to really do a lot more learning. I had a tinker with the bass effects pedal last night… but not enough for it to be used at either event. I may not be playing bass regularly at church anymore, but it means that I get to enjoy these once-off things all the more.
I just read a really interesting post over on Reason.mu about song-leading and playing guitar at the same time - something that I am aiming to be able to do in the new year. As I read through each point, I recalled a lengthy conversation that B and I have had, and each point is nearly exactly what we spoke about. It was good to know that someone “random” has exactly the same thoughts on the topic.
