World Music Method | Matthew SMITH | Activity https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/members/matthew-smith/activity/ Activity feed for Matthew SMITH. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:15:38 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.14.4 en-GB 30 hourly 2 2e700acfce43ad5fca95b07b86a067b6 Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/3005/#acomment-3153 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:39:11 +0100 Yes, that is what I am hoping. That reminds me of something that happened when I was a little boy. I had a marionette that had all of its strings tangled up and I couldn’t get them straightened out so I put it down for the night and went to bed. The next morning when I picked it up everything was untangled! I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was as…

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2 wrong notes. See if you can spot them. Bass solo with Bombino on Friday.

]]> 6f8becbb25a976be9d3108a01696ba9a Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/3005/#acomment-3150 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:01:24 +0100 Ok, I’ll give it another go with that in mind. Sometimes after a long break things sound much clearer than they first seemed. Thanks!

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2 wrong notes. See if you can spot them. Bass solo with Bombino on Friday.

]]> afb0cbdf3ce4b65135af8d9490a9f350 Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/3005/#acomment-3145 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:58:37 +0100 @edd Yeah, as I was falling asleep I realized that there are some situations where some notes can be counter productive to what we are trying to do. Ha Ha!

As for the ear training course I was hoping to get back to it this winter. I came to a brick wall with trying to hear the difference between Augmented and diminished chords and then summer…

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2 wrong notes. See if you can spot them. Bass solo with Bombino on Friday.

]]> d27120ff9fd0d6954c8bb4681b844745 Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/3005/#acomment-3138 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 22:29:56 +0100 If we can’t change the world at least we can play highly dissonant notes in the space time continuum and observe how people (if there are any) react (and if we are alone we can observe how theses notes make us feel). This is why I’ve always held the highest respect for musicians. For me, musicians are magicians that play with our feelings…

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2 wrong notes. See if you can spot them. Bass solo with Bombino on Friday.

]]> 9fdca009338ae5d930a0819c70d6edf9 Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/3005/#acomment-3137 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 22:26:12 +0100 I thought that wrong notes didn’t exist? There are just some notes that draw more attention than others…right? I like playing high attention notes and watching how my guitarist’s facial expression changes…the crowd rarely reacts which is kind of a let down.

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2 wrong notes. See if you can spot them. Bass solo with Bombino on Friday.

]]> bc9ea416d1bea6c9e3d10851cc301862 Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/2012/#acomment-2119 Sun, 24 Nov 2024 22:52:49 +0100 Well, I wanted to but then I discovered the Sire Marcus Miller Z3 basses and they are very similar but much lighter and the price is 3x lighter too so I went with that. They are great versatile basses that give the choice of playing active or passive. It has 3 band Eq and a fret-board that is a joy to play. For the money it is one of the… Read more

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Spontaneous soundcheck jam at a recent devotional music festival in Sweden. Groovy musicians

]]> ed3c7ff2171752e6764f8bfc5a25198f Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/2012/#acomment-2117 Sun, 24 Nov 2024 19:50:31 +0100 A musicman stingray? How was the shoulder/back feeling by the end?

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Spontaneous soundcheck jam at a recent devotional music festival in Sweden. Groovy musicians

]]> db37f081f1f849bcd88a431be5ad8498 Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/1961/#acomment-1963 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:04:30 +0100 Ok, I am highly gifted in bringing out the worst in modern technology. I hope I am not jinxing the course!

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Hello, I am plugging away at the major intervals in the ear training course and things are coming along slowly but surely. I’ve gotten to the […]

]]> 71da114f72735b83b25f4f85d4f3c1ac Matthew SMITH posted an update in the group Platform Updates: Hello, I am plugging away at the major intervals in the […] https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/1961/ Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:13:17 +0100 Hello, I am plugging away at the major intervals in the ear training course and things are coming along slowly but surely. I’ve gotten to the point where I would like to take the test on the major intervals but it seems that the notes will not play as they should. On the first question it works but then the subsequent questions it acts as…

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]]> 3 4df119245dcc032ce9f078366228eaed Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/1762/#acomment-1909 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 22:41:37 +0100 @niwel-tsumbu I was going to say “focus and consistency” are my middle names but then I went on vacation for a week and wasn’t able to touch an instrument for the whole time. I imagined myself playing my bass the practiced taping rhythms on my belly while walking to hold me over. 😉

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Hello my people! How are you all doing?what a great platform Edd has created!❤️❤️❤️

]]> 5bc332f4124f53c6b8ae9ad3153d445e Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/1762/#acomment-1908 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 22:36:53 +0100 @edd I love peanuts. It’s good to know, if necessary, I could survive off of them (as long as I have a nice beer to wash them down).

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Hello my people! How are you all doing?what a great platform Edd has created!❤️❤️❤️

]]> 847d001d1d15f0774b71db5f581cc766 Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/1762/#acomment-1774 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:41:20 +0100 Then there’s hope yet! Thank you!

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Hello my people! How are you all doing?what a great platform Edd has created!❤️❤️❤️

]]> 74684be85d1c5b4149f38552f3f22670 Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/1762/#acomment-1771 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:28:53 +0100 25 hours a day, 8 days a week.

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Hello my people! How are you all doing?what a great platform Edd has created!❤️❤️❤️

]]> 3956380899284279e5f8af6ed024c6b4 Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/1751/#acomment-1766 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:11:52 +0100 But of course! Dancing! What a wonderfully elegant solution! Thank you!

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I would like to feel more relaxed while playing music and in daily life. How can I improve on this aspect please?

]]> 0077d6895fba097627e6243b279f408a Matthew SMITH changed his profile photo https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/1765/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:02:30 +0100 0 a6daad7932c4d6fe5f633be0222f51bb Matthew SMITH posted a new activity comment https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/1751/#acomment-1764 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:09:35 +0100 A bit. I am allowing myself to do more lately and that feels good. Especially in the hips and back where I am tightest. I can definitely do more though. It helps with letting go of the self restraint I put on myself.

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I would like to feel more relaxed while playing music and in daily life. How can I improve on this aspect please?

]]> c13560926904da83eeb064d78d2ba416 Matthew SMITH posted an update: I would like to feel more relaxed while playing music and […] https://worldmusicmethod-rpd-3etw.ue1.rapydapps.cloud/echo-feed/p/1751/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:36:32 +0100 I would like to feel more relaxed while playing music and in daily life. How can I improve on this aspect please?

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