I play the bass, so I can’t help with drums and percussion.
:^)
A guy told me this one time: What do you do if you’re a drummer and you make a mistake? You gaze angrily at the bass player because he thru off your timing and you keep on playing! lol.
I’m just happily thumping my bass thinking no one knows or cares what I am doing, until I miss a beat (rarely, but usually caused by a finger spasm) and everyone goes off a few a second or two.
Also, I am amazed that the drummer is listening to me to get the beat and groove.
The bass is the foundation of the music!
“I play the bass, so I can’t help with drums and percussion.”
I think that is a question of perspective. Drums are nothing in a song without the help of a bass to compliment the bottom end “heartbeat” of scores.
Bass and drums are a team that holds everything else together! In this way you are ARE helping the drums and percussion greatly! :)