Very awesome " I had a upright in the military back in the 80's Loved it" of course I was a electric player " I was fortunate to see on my Birthday thanks toy girlfriend" Return to Forever Wow " seeing Stanley play with with the flamenco style was magnificent" Chick Corea , Lenny White, of course Sir Stanley " John Luc Aponty" Frank Gambale and at the end of the night " my sweet lady got both of us backstage got to meet all of them and take pictures" I was absolutely stunned 😉 a night never to forget " all these guys were 💯 percent"Humble " 😅 what a night I'll always remember 🤙🤙🙌🤟😉🎯

Agree, Michael. I learned a little bit about doing it in high school orchestra (way back in the fifties) but quickly decided to leave it for the violins & cellos. A little later I found that I could get paid for playing in the dance band. Now THAT wa$ FUN! 😇

For sure. In my first year of college, I asked a professor about switching to cello. She told me "stick with the bass and you will always have a gig". She was right. I'm still playing as I have a 9 piece Rock, Pop, Motown, Jazz band. But she was definitely right as in the immediate future I ended up playing for the University orchestra a local semi-Pro orchestra a youth orchestra (as a hired fill-in) the university jazz band and dinner theater gigs. It definitely helped pay the bills while I was in school and I've always had plenty of gigs. I played enough classical solo material to see that what she is doing is nothing short of amazing.

This is by a landslide the most technical bass piece I’ve heard and expressed so brilliantly. Next level

​@@michaelraftice1230 Where are you from by the way?

Yes, especially when you play the A and E strings at the same time. Even the E string alone is a lot of vibration, but combined with the A string it is very powerful.

It's a pretty tactile experience, especially since you're pretty well wrapping yourself around the body of the instrument. Full contact music.

This is one of the things I miss the most about having access to uprights...

“Chest” 🧐

Y’all ever do that thing where you bow the tale piece? I’d do it during warm ups to be a nuisance lol.

Specifically at what point? Can you give timestamps?