Surely I can be a better Bass player--if I practice

 

    SUNDAY 8/22/21 4:48PM--I tried practising along with my "BASSless" CDs...it did not go well; I THOUGHT I knew most of those songs better...I guess I was wrong...the good news? the practice space is set up, so I accomplished that much...
6:36PM-On the other hand, I discovered that I could create my own BASSless recordings!!!  Thanks to Virtual DJ… The first song I recorded without a bass track is BIG LOVE  by Fleetwood Mac…The older the original recording the harder (I think) it’s going to be to get rid of the bass part…I guess that’s what I’ll be doing for a while after dinner; gonna try a CSNY song next—maybe…
7:29PM--it turns out DE JA VU was a good choice after all...I think MARY JANE'S LAST DANCE might be as well..
8:10PM--still building the BASSless 3 CD...it's a bit of a patience test...In theory, ANY recording can have the BASS guitar part removed...I've got thousands of songs to choose from...first I pick a song from my iTunes Library and (hopefully) send it to Virtual DJ...then I record the song as a file, removing the Bass part...then I go to iTunes and name the song, adding the word BASSless to the title...then I add the song to the "BASSless 3" playlist...it has taken me at least an hour and a half just to put together a 22 minute (so far) playlist...
9:11PM--working on getting DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW recorded...I wanna make a conscious effort to practice playing Bass to songs I know/like REALLY well...with some songs/recordings, it's kinda hard to tell when the Bass part has been removed, like MIDNIGHT ROCKS by Al Stewart, to name one of a growing number of songs...gotta be sure to pick the right "join" or else the songs may be in the WRONG order--SHEESH...I changed my Mind about practising along to an 8 minute recording...but I'm hoping to add UNDER THE MILKY WAY to BASSless 3 shortly...
10:10PM--adding FREEDOM by Bread...I THINK I'm getting addicted to the process...and having thousands of songs to choose from is intimidating, to say the least...
10:42PM--one final song for tonight, hopefully-KEEPIN' THE SUMMER ALIVE by the Beach Boys...it's an innaresting bass line, even though Brian probably had nothing to do with it...
MONDAY 8/23/21 12:53AM--having trouble stopping my latest project...even the FIRST "Hydro" didn't help..maybe the second one (a smaller dose) will help me fall asleep...and I'm making too many mistakes--it's time to cool it until later today--I wanted BASSless 3 to have about hour's worth of songs on it--it has 57 minutes on it...that oughta be good enuff...
3AM--I've been up for the past hour or so STILL working on BASSless practice CDs...did I take the wrong pill(s)? I suspect that the Hydroxyzine is gonna knock me on my ass, and I'll be sleepwalking when I wake up later...