@gabeTBP

Michael Jordan's foot was over the line. Bass player. Writer. Daily music blog: https://xitter.cf/t.co/GZ8fJrFDMt

 Nashville, TN
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Joined November 2010
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We Forget... gabethebassplayer.com/blog/w… #YourTurnChallenge

We Forget... — Gabe The Bass Player

Most of what everyone has ever said to us. So why talk? Why listen? Because not remembering doesn’t mean it didn’t change you. A couple things… It’s scary idea filled that takes responsibility and...

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Meaningful Moments gabethebassplayer.com/blog/m… #YourTurnChallenge

Meaningful Moments — Gabe The Bass Player

Most people do a bad job of letting others know when things mean a lot to them. But beginnings and endings are easy targets. Starts and finishes. Entrances and exits. When you see someone beginning...

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Making The Setlist gabethebassplayer.com/blog/m… #YourTurnChallenge

Making The Setlist — Gabe The Bass Player

You get to pick it. It’s your band. If you don’t like the setlist it’s not the songs’ fault…You need to go write different songs or figure out a better way to work with what you’ve got. And writing...

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Headphones At The Beach gabethebassplayer.com/blog/h… #YourTurnChallenge

Headphones At The Beach — Gabe The Bass Player

The sound of the beach is what you’ve waited for all year…so why put in headphones? Because when you put in headphones, the stuff in your headphones just got way more important. In the face of the...

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To Be New Artist Of The Year... gabethebassplayer.com/blog/t… #YourTurnChallenge

To Be New Artist Of The Year... — Gabe The Bass Player

You have to be not new at all. In fact, if you’re scheming to get an award like that, be really good and popular in secret for as long as possible. I remember years ago when FUN won the Grammy for...

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Favorite and Best gabethebassplayer.com/blog/f… #YourTurnChallenge

Favorite and Best — Gabe The Bass Player

If we’re talking about favorite we’re talking about you. Learning your taste helps us get to know you. Your favorite songs don’t have to make sense to anyone else…but your favorite songs can help you...

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Talker and Speaker gabethebassplayer.com/blog/t… #YourTurnChallenge

Talker and Speaker — Gabe The Bass Player

We use the same voice while talking to our friends at dinner as we do getting up in front of a hundred people to give a welcome speech. But it’s different. When we talk with our friends we don’t...

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Is It Worth Wanting gabethebassplayer.com/blog/i… #YourTurnChallenge

Is It Worth Wanting — Gabe The Bass Player

If you want an award, start a side company that gives out awards and put yourself on the top of the list. If you want a bunch of followers, you can buy them. If you want to feel busy (ie. important),...

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Serving and Proving gabethebassplayer.com/blog/s… #YourTurnChallenge

Serving and Proving — Gabe The Bass Player

When you’re young, you get on stage to prove that you’re good. To prove you belong. To prove your worth. And that stuff probably doesn’t completely change as you mature…but over time the focus of...

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When The People Are Clapping gabethebassplayer.com/blog/w… #YourTurnChallenge

When The People Are Clapping — Gabe The Bass Player

Don’t wait until the people are clapping to ask ‘who am I’ You might get a clear answer but it probably won’t be true.

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Who Clicks The Content? gabethebassplayer.com/blog/w… #YourTurnChallenge

Who Clicks The Content? — Gabe The Bass Player

Generally speaking… ‘Behind the song’ content is for people who know the song. For fans of you. People who really know the song also wanna know what it means to you and where it came from and what...

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Opportunity Turn Around gabethebassplayer.com/blog/o… #YourTurnChallenge

Opportunity Turnaround — Gabe The Bass Player

An artist has chance to release another song tomorrow. A cook has a chance to make another meal in about three hours. A fundraiser can make another call in a few minutes. There’s another opportunity...

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When You Can't Keep Track Anymore gabethebassplayer.com/blog/w… #YourTurnChallenge

When You Can't Keep Track Anymore — Gabe The Bass Player

As an addendum to yesterday’s post… We want to find markers of success that are easily measured. The number of streams, ticket sales, t-shirts. But an interesting marker is having a big enough impact...

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The People Listening gabethebassplayer.com/blog/t… #YourTurnChallenge

The People Listening — Gabe The Bass Player

If you open up your Spotify artist app you can see how many people are currently listening to your music. It might be one or three or thousands. But when it’s low numbers it’s a bit more tangible…l...

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iPads. Guitars. Flowers. gabethebassplayer.com/blog/i… #YourTurnChallenge

iPads. Guitars. Flowers. — Gabe The Bass Player

iPads can be sold to everyone. iPad cases can only be sold to people with iPads. Guitars are for everyone. Guitar strings are only sold to people with guitars. Flowers are for everyone That little...

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Learning The Gig... gabethebassplayer.com/blog/l… #YourTurnChallenge

Learning The Gig... — Gabe The Bass Player

Is different than being good at the gig. It takes a while to learn the notes, chords, transitions, steps, lighting cues, and memorize the setlist. But with a handful of rehearsals and shows it’s no...

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Reduced To A Click gabethebassplayer.com/blog/r… #YourTurnChallenge

Reduced To A Click — Gabe The Bass Player

First Monday of the month means a new Hum Love playlist on Spotify and Apple You spent all that time getting the kick drum to sound just right. Whether you were mic’ing it up or scrolling through...

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Learning From The First One gabethebassplayer.com/blog/l… #YourTurnChallenge

Learning From The First One — Gabe The Bass Player

When you try something for the first time you can learn a lot from it. But before dwelling on it and eeking every last bit of learning you can out of it…go do it again. Twenty more times. Then you’ll...

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What To Tackle gabethebassplayer.com/blog/w… #YourTurnChallenge

What To Tackle — Gabe The Bass Player

When we know what we have to tackle, we’ll do it. When we don’t know what to tackle, we don’t even try. We often process difficulty much easier than the unknown.

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Coming Up In The Clubs gabethebassplayer.com/blog/c… #YourTurnChallenge

Coming Up In The Clubs — Gabe The Bass Player

When you’re coming up in the small clubs you can’t lean on production to look good and win fans. There’s a few tricks you can pull off but in small clubs you can’t mask poor performance skills. It’s...

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