Q: Any tips for learning bass?
A: throw yourself into a professional working band as soon as possible. But, in case it is a disease year, here's something else i can recommend: take your favorite songs, and delete the bass. This is pretty easy to do if you have a phone, tablet, or laptop. just play it without any headphones, and it automatically deletes the bass. then, make sure your bass IS plugged into something that is large so you can actually hear it (like an amp) and play along. Generally what i'm trying to say, get yourself into a situation where you are actually playing the bass role in songs, as soon as possible. that's pretty much where you are going to learn everything. Start out by just playing the root note of each chord (for example, if the chord is C, play the C note). Try to hold back from doing anything else just yet. but then pretty soon, as if by magic, you're automatically going to start doing everything you need to do and have a wild time