How to get better at bass guitar?
Hi I started bass and I'm still new. I've asked a question on Yahoo Answers before asking for the bad habits when playing the bass guitar. The answer I got was that I should strike the strings with equal strength so that the volume doesn't change with my finger.
And I also mentioned in that question that I might be getting lessons. And the guy told me that I'd be able to play bass without a teacher cause he's able to improvise and jam to anything and he taught
him self. He told me that I should practice scales and play tabs. But to me, I don't think that's enough...
Let's say I will never be getting lessons ( I don't want an answer telling me to get a teacher cause I already know I should get one. I just want to know what to do to teach yourself ).
So what do I have to do to get better at bass. By "better at bass" I mean like getting a song, and being able to jam to it. Make my own bass line that fits a song. Improvise solos. Listening to a song and being able to copy the bass. Things like that.
And I find, playing scales and reading tabs won't make me do those things. Why? Because, I see, scales would help me be able to play faster, being able to use my fingers better and it would help me actually play the music but not able to find the right notes and play with the music just by listening to the song.
And playing Tabs. I find if I play with tabs, I'll be able to play a song but I'd have the need to use tab to play a song. And that way I won't be able to read and play actual music notes. (I can read the notes cause I play piano).
So overall I'm SURE those would help me but it's just not enough.
What do I have to do to be able to listen to a song and be able to copy the bass line. Or Be able to Jam to a song by improvising. Would I need to take musical theory? Is a teacher necessary? Maybe books or DVDs? (i woudn't buy those).
Please help me 
What am I suppose to practice? That's what I don't know.
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b) the performance of my fingers
What i mean by the performance of my fingers is that, I have a very heavy hand and I'm not very good with dynamics. Also, I have a habit of playing things really fast and not having a good rhythm.
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plus, i want to be able to play fast, not necessarily like malmsteen/the human abstract/thomas erak, etc.. but just fast coz there's more to that. i just want to be really good in guitar, i want a music career. i want to take music theory lessons, read notes, read solfeo [idk what its called in english], improvise, master those stuff.
so my question is: how long did it take you guys to play fast? am i running out of time to master it? i'm 14.
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i know everything takes time, i'm doing everything slowly, but what should i do to be able to be good?
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