Why did you decide to pick up the bass?

My mate wanted a bass player for his band, so i agreed, just root notes.

Expand your horizons to more than root notes, it will open up your mind.

Everyone knows bass players don't play melodies or chords

In all seriousness though, I think Fullmoon meant only root notes for that specific band.

Maybe.

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Oh ok, my current band also don't really expect much of me and going all wild would only disrupt the songs so I mostly play roots there as well with the occasional third and fifth for flavour.

WALKING BAAAAAASSSSSS

Not entirely and it doesn't really work for our songs, I tried it.

Walking bass is boss.

Technically, I wouldn't call myself a "bass player" (yet). I'm a composer, singer, and guitar player who didn't have time to find a band. Too much to do with school, my girlfriend (now fiance), and everything else that ate time in my life. So, when I decided to record some stuff, I also decided to pick up bass. I bought a Peavey Forum bass. I'm not great at it or anything yet, but I'm almost to where I can play the bass parts I wrote.

Also, I know it's lame, but I don't have a bass amp. I either play unplugged, or I plug into my interface (which goes into my PC) and play using a bass amp sim. Yeah, it'd be cool to own a bass amp, but I can't afford it yet.