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What were YOU doing when you were 12 years old?

Out on the Tiles by Led Zeppelin is not an easy song on the bass. The difficulty comes from the fact that the original recording is, in all honesty, a bit sloppy with its timing.

This is the original studio track:

…so when a 12-year-old kid is able to cover this song, that’s actually a pretty big achievement:

What were you doing when you were 12?

BONUS: Drum backing track for you to play along with!

Below is a guy who – on vintage Ludwig kit, no less – banged out a spot-on drums-only Out on the Tiles. As far as a play-along track is concerned for a bass player, it doesn’t get any better than this.

8 thoughts on “What were YOU doing when you were 12 years old?”

  1. I was learning to play the guitar. That’s what every kid in my town was doing back in ’69 / 70. So, when 1980 rolls around you figured the math, the guitarist to gig ratio and switch to bass and life is good with boom in the room.

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  2. I was able to follow my heart until 15 when I got my first job. At that point I took my Mom by the hand, went to the first music store I could find and spent $1500 on a pro quality bass and amp (in 1967 dollars) and 6 months later played my first gig with a neighborhood band and could play every track on Led Zep’s debut album. It fully changed my life. I’m 63 now and still playing and loving bass.

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  3. I was playing in a classic rock cover band at 11. Covering Pink Floyd, GnR, Poison, Black Sabbath, Cream, The Police, Led Zeppelin etc. Ahh… simpler times!

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