And I have a question for you. One question: For this community, what's the biggest thing you'd like to solve in your playing... or what's a course you'd most like to see? Thanks in advance if you take the time to answer. ⚡ Murphy

Hey, I'm Samantha -- been playing punk bass since 2008 and rebelled *hardcore* against lessons. Suffice it to say, Present Sam is not happy with Past Sam, but onward we press. ;) I play a Fender II Precision mainly, but I also have an old JBP and an Ibanez GSR that I pick up once in a while. I'm here to learn, collaborate, and have tons of fun working on playing better bass. 🤘

I played guitar on and off for 30 years. Much later I got into the low end via Al Cisneros of Sleep, Om and Shrinebuilder. Lately I've been into Hardcore and digging the playing of Dave Curran of Unsane. I also love the playing of Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden. Yeah I'm into the heavier side of things. Doom, Stoner, Sludge, Punk, Hardcore and Grunge. Anyone else into the heavier side or have "not the usual suspects" that got them into bass?

Learning things is cool. That's why we're here. Having an awesome support group along for the ride is just as important. Now that there are some lessons up, I thought it would be cool for anyone who had a win this week to share it. It can be that you got through a handful of lessons, or you had a solid practice with your band. No win is too small! I'll start. My band managed to book shows for every weekend in September. Usually we play over Labor Day, and then we are on break until after Christmas, so I am super stoked to be playing all month. What's your win?