Why-Oh-Why July?

[El Gordo]

A bass seems relatively easy to play, whatever your standard. The main difficulty is motivation. With a 6 string guitar you can get hold of some sheet music (and there's a mass of it on the web these days) and croak out a few favourite songs to your faltering accompaniment. A bass makes a lousy 'accompanier'. It's a backbone to other sounds, so if you don't have those other sounds, it would quickly get boring and demotivating. So ideally you need a band (or at least 1 other) to play with, or you can play along to recorded music. Not ideal. It makes a nice satisfying thumping sound though, and appeals to the kid inside me. It's like splashing through puddles or banging a drum.

On the marital front, yes I'm sure we all have examples of this (not all of them publishable, perhaps). We have this long-running discussion about going to dance classes. M loves to dance, but I can't stand it. "Come running with me"...."OK, if you come to Salsa classes with me..."

Anyway, I should be running.

Time to change...