Q: I'm a jazz guitarist student and I hate playing chords that don't match with a pianist. I asked someone I trust about this and he suggested that I switch to bass. I'm kind of scared to do that because I will have to spend all this time to get good enough to play with others, but I'm not opposed to the instrument or anything... Okay. I will learn bass. Thank you Bill.
A: having 2 chordal instruments in a band can potentially be tedious unless both players are keenly aware that they need to cooperate and listen very well, and perhaps even do a little planning in some cases, if the music hasn't already been tightly arranged. always be communicating/negotiating, 'you wanna take this' 'i'll take take that' 'what are you doing here' 'can we try this there' etc. just always check in with each other