Bass Eden

At 51, I was bored out of my skull and hung out on facebook A LOT.  I went into my husband's auxiliary room (aka hoarder's room) to get a flashlight and noticed in the corner his bass that sat there for 9 yrs collecting dust.  He purchased it back in 2005 when I was in a band to see if he can play an instrument but lost interest soon after for racing.  I took it out to the living room from it's case and caressed it.  It felt beautiful because it was pretty much a brand new black Epiphone E3 (?) and a Behringer amp.  We worked out a deal that if I take lessons I can have it along with the amp.  I signed up for lessons at Bigfoot Music and fell in love with the whole concept of being a bassist.

In the past I have always been a singer (not professionally) as a II Soprano in a church choir for 8 years along with altar singer, then a R&B singer in a church Hip Hop dance team, a soprano background singer in 1st band, 2nd band with some leads then the 3rd band I was lead.  The only instrument experience was taking guitar lessons and playing as a beginner for a few months at church but I was a very unconfident person so I gave up.  So this is my music experience other than my love and passion for music.

I feel like I have purpose again instead of the daily grind.  Lessons were somewhat easy at first but started to get a little harder.  My instructor was great he taught me how to read and write bass tabs and was patient with me.  The reason I highly recommend taking lessons is to learn how to position your hands correctly, get feedback where you need to work on to get a good tone every time you practice.  

Truly inspired.