Hobbies

[a_Sarah]

So what type of bass guitar do you have if I may ask?

And what type of music do you play?

I agree, playing music is soothing and I also think it helps release some stress while unleashing our inner creativeness!

It is a Harley Benton longscale bass, that's the "no brand"-brand of a huge music store here. I got it in a low-cost beginner set, but am really impressed by the quality and don't intend to upgrade (buying an additional five-string bass on the other hand seems very tempting). I am also still a beginner, so it matches,

I like to play metal and rock, but am apparently mellowing out a bit and am at the moment looking into more upbeat songs and classics with famous baselines. It always surprised people to hear about my lack of knowledge in that regard (in the sense that certain lines are kind of expected to be known by bassists), so I got curious and now enjoy learning about completely different "flavours" of songs. That also is a bit of a time travel across several decades while listening, really fun to discover all these gems. I am mostly still at the "playing along to youtube bass sheets" phase, though. But I also like to just play some meditative melodies, or to try and improvise together with some very patient friends.

Ismq, cool! Arabic has the reputation of being such an intimidating language! Can you confirm that or what was your experience learning it like? What interests you about Japanese, do you intend to travel there once it will be possible?