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Besides enjoying bass playing, I am very interested in the factors that governs growth as a musician. I am interested in pedagogical things and how people learn as I have worked as a teacher in different areas. My wife also is a teacher.

Since I started to play bass relatively late, I want to make the most out of every hour I get to practice. I have noticed that an hour sometimes can pass without anything special happening and sometimes you discover things that takes you further. Yes, I know that I have to be patient and that growth is step-wise. But I am interested in maximizing my investment in time. Aren’t you?

There are principles for learning to play bass and some of them are similar to other areas in life. Some has to do with how your mind works and some has to do with how your muscles work, the anatomy of your body and the mechanics of a string instrument.

We get impressed when we listen to some cool bass player, but it is even more cool when they share some of their wisdom and secrets how they got there. Some of them have the gift to analyze and communicate this understandably. I try to find them or what they have written. Not every player has to find out what works and what doesn’t work from scratch. So I am eargerly searching for gems. Exciting road!