OK, now you guys are teaming up against me forcing me to defend myself. <said with a big smile>

Here is my defense for incorporating all these "music tools / software" into my music in order for me to get more of me in my music. Keep in mind, my goal is to be a better overall "musician" not just a better guitar or piano player.

I continued to take music lessons (hands on the instrument) both theory and performance for both piano and guitar. However, even if I could muster the energy and focus to spend 6 - 10 hours each day on only one of those instruments, there simply are not enough days left in my life to reach a level of professional proficiency. That ship has sailed. I am long past the days of sitting in my bedroom with the guitar on my lap practicing until my fingers bleed. And that doesn't even include any time for playing out, gigging in a bar with other musicians - hell, I haven't even been in a bar for years. So Thumper the next time you spend an entire day running scales and licks to backing tracks, think about all the other aspects of music which you are not studying. What is your goal, in regards to playing the bass? What will you do with this skill that you pay so dearly for with your time and efforts?

And Eddy I already know you position on all this... you have shared it in detail in your postings. Remember, the comments in this post are being consumed by your fellow members of the PG Music Senior Citizen Society. Do you really think you have to school us on how to play music? You really should have stopped with "...Do the work" and then just let us decide what work needs to be done.

BIAB – 2025, Reaper (current), i7-12700F Processor, 32GB DDR4-3200MHz RAM, Motu Audio Express 6x6 - My SoundCloud (Tip: No need to create a SC account to hear music - just hit ESC ).