1) Good is always a relative thing, so it kind of depends on what circle of friends you hang out with. Being a "good" bass player wont be a lifelong quest or anything and it's something that is feasible by anybody with a desire to learn/improve.
2) Do you have friends who play in bands? It doesn't matter what instrument they play. If so, I'd really reccomend jamming with friends as early as possible...as soon as you have any playing ability and can handle basic songs (even if it's just simple punk tunes or something). Not only will this help you learn how to play with other people, but your friends will be able to help you with things, and it'll probably give you more inspiration than just playing by yourself in your bedroom. Playing with other musicians is a great thing on a lot of levels. I spend the first couple years of my playing rarely playing with other musicians and when I finally started jamming with people on a regular basis, it was a good while before I really learned how to interact with others on a musical level.
3) Some of their stuff isn't that hard, some of their stuff is really hard. To state the obvious, you wont be playing SX songs/solos perfectly right off the bat, but if that's the goal you set and you work to get there, then it certainly isn't an unreasonable goal by any means.
Well, knowing one instrument is always going to give you a head start when learning another, but it doesn't mean you'll be able to pick it up for the first time and by great. Guitar and bass are very similar in some ways, but are obviously two entirely different instruments and need to be approached very differently from both a mental and a physical standpoint. Most people I know who play one can play the other to some extent, but if a bass player picks up a guitar and approaches it the same way he approaches bass (or vice versa) they simply aren't going to sound very convincing. I don't even look at electric guitar and classical guitar as the same instrument, so you can imagine how I feel about the differences between guitar and bass. Completley different roles in music, completely different playing techniques, different sound, etc.
So I guess to give you the short version of my thoughts on that....Yes, to an extent, but there are more than enough differences between the two that being good at one does not mean being good at the other.
Also, I strongly reccomend getting a teacher to start out with. A lot of guys seem opposed to this (especially metalheads...never understood why), but you'll always learn a lot quicker and more effectively (at least when you are first starting out) with the help of someone who knows what they're doing. If you decide later on that lessons aren't for you, then that's fine. It really does speed up the process to at least learn the basics from a teacher though.
2) Do you have friends who play in bands? It doesn't matter what instrument they play. If so, I'd really reccomend jamming with friends as early as possible...as soon as you have any playing ability and can handle basic songs (even if it's just simple punk tunes or something). Not only will this help you learn how to play with other people, but your friends will be able to help you with things, and it'll probably give you more inspiration than just playing by yourself in your bedroom. Playing with other musicians is a great thing on a lot of levels. I spend the first couple years of my playing rarely playing with other musicians and when I finally started jamming with people on a regular basis, it was a good while before I really learned how to interact with others on a musical level.
3) Some of their stuff isn't that hard, some of their stuff is really hard. To state the obvious, you wont be playing SX songs/solos perfectly right off the bat, but if that's the goal you set and you work to get there, then it certainly isn't an unreasonable goal by any means.
Well, knowing one instrument is always going to give you a head start when learning another, but it doesn't mean you'll be able to pick it up for the first time and by great. Guitar and bass are very similar in some ways, but are obviously two entirely different instruments and need to be approached very differently from both a mental and a physical standpoint. Most people I know who play one can play the other to some extent, but if a bass player picks up a guitar and approaches it the same way he approaches bass (or vice versa) they simply aren't going to sound very convincing. I don't even look at electric guitar and classical guitar as the same instrument, so you can imagine how I feel about the differences between guitar and bass. Completley different roles in music, completely different playing techniques, different sound, etc.
So I guess to give you the short version of my thoughts on that....Yes, to an extent, but there are more than enough differences between the two that being good at one does not mean being good at the other.
Also, I strongly reccomend getting a teacher to start out with. A lot of guys seem opposed to this (especially metalheads...never understood why), but you'll always learn a lot quicker and more effectively (at least when you are first starting out) with the help of someone who knows what they're doing. If you decide later on that lessons aren't for you, then that's fine. It really does speed up the process to at least learn the basics from a teacher though.
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Metroid Prime 3 was pretty good though!
