Do You Have What It Takes To Be The Bass Player At Church? Here Are 9 Qualifications
Church · Aug 27, 2024 · BabylonBee.com

So you finally up and bought that expensive bass guitar, but you're still not sure if you've got what it takes to be a real-life church bassist. Well, don't you fret, and don't you fear — we at the Babylon Bee have donned fake beards and lumberjack beanies in order to conduct vast amounts of undercover research into what exactly you'll need if you want to be a church bassist.

Here are the top nine requirements. There aren't many, but they're only for the few and the bold. Take a look!

  1. Access to a bass: Makes sense.

  2. At least two fingers: So that you can play both of the notes bassists play during each song.

  3. Never heard of a sharp or a flat: In fact, the inability to hear sharps and flats is even better.

  4. Ability to nod head slowly: Extra points if you can kinda sigh "Yes, Lord" under your breath without the lead singer hearing you.

  5. Ability to count to four: This one's crucial.

  6. You vowed never to venture onto the D or G strings: That would be like heresy, but way worse.

  7. Can play "Smoke On The Water": Absolutely classic. Absolutely necessary.

  8. Poor personal hygiene: Get this one right and they'll give you your own little see-through plastic cage on stage.

  9. No discernible music skills: Skills really just get in the way.

Well, there you have it. Do you think you can pass muster? Now go on — hit up your local worship leader with your application!


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