Hey everyone! I have been playing bass since 2020. I tracked my progress by making cover videos on YouTube. I found Murphy's YouTube page a few years ago when I was trying to learn the Sugar Ray song "Falls Apart" and I really dug his teaching style. Not spoon feeding every note to play, but he emphasized using your ears to hear what's going on. I finally got into a band this spring. I live in a very small town and finding bandmates my age who like similar music was a bit of a challenge. We had our first gig at the beginning of this summer. I learned a lot from that gig. I have put it upon myself to be our band leader. We had feedback issues at this gig and I have since learned to ring out a system and I have also prioritized having a clean, less cluttered stage. I'm going to try to post a video of our band playing "Falls Apart" it's still one of my favorite songs to play. This gig was at our local high school. It was the end of year yearbook signing party. Our lead singer and lead guitarist both work at the school. My wife played keyboards and sang backup vocals, and her brother is our drummer. We all have kids in high school too. It was a really fun first gig and the students were an amazing crowd.