Hi My name's Rhys.
I'm 14 and I live in England.
Many people say that because of my age I don't understand music and it's limitations. How can anyone understand music.
Music isn't a club you join or something that is learnt over-time. No. Music is what comes from inside you, resonating from your heart, mind and soul. This all comes under musical taste and style of play.
I, as a player, play with my fingers and occasionally Slap and Pop. I incorporate Funk and jazz Styles of playing whilst Jamming with Metal tracks (The best I've found is slapping The four Horsemen by Metallica)
I've never actually understood players that play with plectrums, be it my way of being prejudice to other players or the fact that when people come to me and show me how fast they can play with a plectrum I usually match there speed with my fingers - making them turn in embarrassment as they realise there plot to make a 14 year old feel bad has backfired.
Also I don't label myself to one genre of music (which unfortunately is what I'm seeing with other people my age) I Love Metal and I Love Jazz, so what I do is put 2 and 2 together, helping me build my own way of playing.
Bass is meant to be dirty, Grim and have the ability to move you - Be it Mind or body but most of the time with me it's both.