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THE BASS SHED PODCAST is a collection of in-depth interviews with Double Bassists & Electric Bassists from all over the world. Hosted by Los Angeles freelance Bassist Ryan Roberts, each interview examines artistry, career, culture in a personal ad relaxed style. Rated in the top 10% of ALL podcasts in the world, and listened to in more than 80 countries, The Bass Shed Podcast is a valuable resource for every bassist of any genre.
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Send us a text Bassist & Educator Peter Dominguez is Professor the of Double Bass and Jazz Studies at the University of Wisconsin- Madison and Artistic Director of the Richard Davis Foundation for Young Bassist Inc annual conference in Madison Wisconsin, and the director of the Milt Hinton Institute for Studio Bass. On EP 129, Dominguez discusses h…
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Send us a text Episode 128 of The Bass Shed Podcast features Frank Canino, a seasoned bassist with an extensive career in both live performance and studio recordings. Frank Canino is known for his deep-rooted experience in genres like jazz, Latin, rock, and blues, and he has worked with a wide range of notable artists throughout his career. In the …
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Send us a text Andrew Ryan, NY bassist/recording engineer and member of the group 9 Horses discusses their latest release STRUM. This album showcases a unique blend of classical, jazz, and contemporary music. Joining Andrew Ryan in the group is Joe Brent (mandolin), Sara Caswell (violin), The music by 9 horses is imaginative and deeply emotive. The…
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Send us a text One of the premier electric bassists of contemporary jazz, Mark Egan has distinguished himself over the past five decades with his distinctive fretless bass sound that has graced countless jazz and pop albums as well as award-winning movie and television soundtracks. An in-demand New York City studio musician who has played on multi-…
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Send us a text Joris Teepe is an acoustic and electric bassist from Amsterdam and has lived in New York since 1992. He has led his own groups for 30 years and recorded 22 CD’s as a leader or co-leader and over 60 CD’s as a sideman. Arriving in New York in 1992 with just his bass and a suitcase, he took lessons with bassist Ron Carter, quickly met m…
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Send us a text Tom’s musical roots with on the acoustic bass, an instrument he started playing at age 9 and took to so naturally that within a few years he was performing with internationally known players such as Freddie Hubbard, James Moody, Nat Adderly, Sonny Stitt and Stan Kenton. At age 17, Tom would create a musical alter ego when he began pl…
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Send us a text Reggie Hamilton was born in NYC. He spent his formative years on the east coast and started playing bass at age 11. He was also fortunate enough to have New York bassist Kim Clarke as his first teacher. Two years later, Reggie would take up the acoustic bass to strengthen his foundation as a bassist. Much of Reggie’s early playing ex…
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Send us a text Darek Oles (Oleszkiewicz) was born on February 20, 1963 in Wroclaw, Poland. At the age of five Oles began his music education at the State Music School in Wroclaw. Piano was his first instrument, but later he played guitar, electric bass and finally at eighteen years old, he switched to accoustic bass. While in his teens he played wi…
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Send us a text Kathryn is a member of several contemporary music ensembles including the renowned Australian ELISION Ensemble, Fonema Consort (NYC), and the Echoi Ensemble (LA). She has performed as a guest artist with various adventurous international ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, Ensemble MusikFabrik, Delirium Musicum, Ensemble Dal Niente, a…
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Send us a text Matt Hare is well known as a performer and educator. He is on faculty at the University of California at Irvine, Concordia University, and Saddleback College. Dr. Hare also teaches several sections of Music Appreciation and History of Rock online and in the classroom at Saddleback College. He is a string coach at Irvine, Laguna Hills…
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Send us a text Bryan Beller has maintained a multi-faceted career as a bassist, composer, solo artist and clinician for over 25 years, earning his reputation as a uniquely talented yet supremely tasteful team player for instrumentally-minded artists. He is a founding member of The Aristocrats which is one of the hottest acts in rock/fusion today; t…
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Send us a text Russell was lucky to grow up in a musical family in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. His mother played the bassoon, his father played the french horn, and his step-father taught saxophone and played jazz. He began playing the bass in 4’th grade, but his interest in classical music began to spark when he began studying with Tracy Rowell and joine…
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Send us a text Born March 25, 1975 in Newcastle, England. Tony is a multi-instrumentalist, master bassist, composer, producer, published author and award-winning music educator; he studied at the world-renowned Berklee College of Music and graduated in 2001, receiving the prestigious 'Outstanding Performer' award. Tony is known for his 6-string ele…
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In today’s episode, we are joined by Frank Licea, founder and CTO at Howdy, the service that allows US tech companies to hire and manage software developers in Latin America. Beginning as a Y-Combinator students, Frank Licea and his co-founder, CEO Jacqueline Samira, have grown Howdy from an idea to a $105M valuation. In this episode, we discuss ho…
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Send us a text Bassist David Rodriguez has worked with groups ranging from Isaac Hayes to Tito Puente to the Rochester Philharmonic. He studied at Juilliard, the Eastman School of Music, and Mansfield University. David is currently the Executive Producer and Executive Vice President of The New Jersey Performing Arts Center where the Milt Hinton Ins…
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Send us a text John Peña is an in demand touring and session bassist, writer, arranger, producer, and engineer. John has performed and/or recorded with a wide variety of artitists , including: Celia Cruz, Carlos Santana, Julio Iglesias, Tania Maria, Natalie Cole, The Crusaders, Herb Alpert, Chaka Khan, Jerry Garcia, Chick Corea, Steve Vai, Diana Ro…
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Send us a text Jerry Jemmott is a highly respected American bass guitarist and session musician, best known for his work in the realms of blues, jazz, and R&B. He was born on May 22, 1946, in New York City. Throughout his extensive career, Jemmott has played with numerous iconic artists, leaving a significant impact on the music industry. He is par…
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In today’s episode, we are joined by Elie Seidman. Elie is the interim CEO of Fast Growing Trees where he is leading the scale up. Elie is the former CEO of Tinder where he led Tinder’s hyper growth scale-up and internationalization with revenue growth from $350M/year to $1.3B/year. Prior to Tinder, he was the CEO of OkCupid where he led a turnarou…
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Es un honor tener mi primer podcast en español con alguien tan impresionante e inteligente como Peter Lozano Alcolea. Peter es el cofundador de Imascono, una empresa que ayuda a otras empresas con su transformación digital mediante tecnologías como la realidad virtual y la inteligencia artificial. Después de tener una carrera destacada en el fútbol…
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In this episode, we are joined by Piers Thackray, founder and CEO at Theone, the AI content creator and manager for businesses. After seeing his mother work tireless hours trying to promote her different small businesses, Piers wanted to build a solution that would help smaller businesses with the marketing. So, after founding and building a market…
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In today’s episode, we are joined by Matt Pru, co-founder and managing partner at Stackmatix, the startup and scaling growth partner. Prior to co-founding Stackmatix, Matt was the Head of Sales at MightyHive which he helped grow from 10 to more than a hundred employees and which ultimately sold to S4 Capital for $150M. In addition, Matt has worked …
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For our 30th episode, I am honored to be joined by the Amanda Hesser, Founder and Executive Chair at the Food52, the online culinary community. After working at the New York Times as a food reporter, writer and editor, and columnist, Ms. Hesser felt that she was missing something in her life – entrepreneurship. Shortly after leaving the New York Ti…
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Send us a text Playing bass was love at first pluck for Marty Isenberg. His career as a jazz musician began at the age of 12, after losing his father to cancer the year prior. A skilled amateur musician, Marty’s father kept many instruments around the house that he would play for the family. After his death, Marty would pull one of these instrument…
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Today, we are joined by Abby Miller Levy, Managing Partner and Founder at Primetime Partners. After realizing the lack of opportunities for retired people when her father retired, Abby set out to build a business or businesses to give retired people a more vibrant and healthy life. After writing out several business plans, Abby realized that she wo…
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In this episode, we are joined by Paul Hedrick, Founder and Executive Chairman at Tecovas. In 2015, after having worked more traditional business roles at private Equity firm L Catterton and consulting firm McKinsey, Paul took the leap to build the direct to consumer, western-style boot brand, Tecovas. After launching the original Shopify store in …
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Today we are joined by Kathryn Cavanaugh, founder and managing partner at Capstar Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early stage startups. In this episode we discuss how Kathryn raised the first fund for Capstar, what it was like to go through COVID with Capstar, and what Kathryn looks for in founders. Stick around to the end to hear …
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In this episode we are joined by Brian O’Malley, Managing Partner at Forerunner, a venture capital firm that invests in consumer businesses such as Away, Chime, and Glossier. In this episode, we discuss what businesses make Brian most excited to invest, how to market to the consumer, and Brian’s biggest challenges both as a VC and at Forerunner. Pl…
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Today we are joined by Josh Bowen, Co-founder and COO at Simba, a platform that provides affordable money transfer services for immigrants sending funds home. Prior to Simba, Josh was a Co-founder and head of business development and product at CrowdTwist. CrowdTwist sold to Oracle in 2019 and had more than $10 million in revenue. In this episode, …
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Send us a text Roberto Vally’s accomplishments within music date back to his formidable years in New York where he was awarded his Junior High School’s Music Honor Award. It was clear that Roberto was destined to pursue an education in music. From 1974-1978 he attended New York City’s legendary High School of Music and Art-depicted in Fame (1980 fi…
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In this episode, we are joined by Chris Cabrera, founder and CEO at Xactly, a SaaS company that helps businesses manage aspects of their sales force including compensation and sales forecasting. Today we discuss how Mr. Cabrera built Xactly, the lessons he learned from his experiences working with VCs, and why Xactly was able to grow from $5 millio…
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Send us a text Double bassist P.J. Cinque joined the San Diego Symphony in 2015, having previously been a member of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition, P.J. serves as Assistant Principal Bass of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Utah Symphony, an…
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Today we are joined by Ben Lerer who is a Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau, an early stage investment fund that targets New York based businesses and that has invested in the seed rounds of companies like Casper, Venmo, and Warby Parker. Before Lerer Hippeau, Ben was a founder at Thrillist Media Group which provides city guides to nightlife and re…
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Send us a text Kenny Lee Lewis has been a member of The Steve Miller Band for over 41 years and is now their current touring bass player. The Steve Miller Band was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in 2016. Kenny speaks about how he landed the gig with Miller and attributes of his artistry that have sustained him in the music industry. Kenny, als…
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In this episode, we are joined by Kim Dowling, Founder and CEO at Ride Indoor Cycling. Founded in Austin, Texas, Ride offers customers a fun workout experience filled with dancing, music, and colorful lights. In today’s episode, we discuss the power of word of mouth marketing for Ride’s success, how Kim creates a world class experience for Ride’s c…
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Today we are joined by Cyrus Massoumi, founder and CEO at Dr. B, a telehealth platform that offers affordable online medical consultations with doctors. Prior to Dr. B, Cyrus was the founder and CEO at ZocDoc, a platform that allows you to book appointments with Doctors in your area online. On top of Dr. B, Cyrus is also the founder and managing pa…
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For our 20th episode, Studying Success is honored to be joined by someone as accomplished and successful as Reed Taussig. Taussig, in his epic career, has raised a total of $155 million and has returned to his investors $1.6 billion – yes, that’s billion with a b. From June 1997 to July of 2008, Taussig served as Chairman, President, and CEO of Cal…
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Jason Burchard is the CEO and co-founder at a SaaS (Software as a Service) company called RootNote. RootNote provides content creators such as youtubers, musicians, twitch streamers, podcasters, etc. with a single platform that houses all of their relevant data like follower count, streams, plays, etc. so that these content creators can make better…
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Send us a text Chris van Voorst van Beest is a bassist and composer who grew up in Maine and lives in Brooklyn, NY. Hailed as "a double bassist with an exceptional ability to improvise," (Erminio Garotta - Sound & Vision) Chris has performed and/or recorded with artists as diverse as Frank Kimbrough, Robert Glasper, Gabriel Kahane, and George Garzo…
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Send us a text Eric Shedd is the bassist for the Colorado based group "Birds of Play". Birds of Play is an Americana Roots quartet based in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado. Their distinct sound is rooted in and inspired by their connection to the land in which they reside. The band features multi- instrumentalists and songwriters Al…
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Send us a text Bassist Zach Gilliam was born in Memphis Tennessee and moved to Nashville to pursue songwriting. After deciding to take a break from music, he moved to the small mountain town of Eagle, Colorado. While in Colorado, Zach joined the band " The Runaway Grooms" On this episode, Zach discusses his move to Colorado from Nashville, TN and w…
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Send us a text In demand Nashville Bassist Ted Pecchio has recorded with Doyle Bramhall II, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Amy Helm, Oliver Wood and Colonel Bruce Hampton and The Codetalkers. Ted is originally from Youngstown, Ohio and was born into a musical family. His father Daniel Pecchio was the bassist for Glass Harp (a…
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Today we are joined by Rob Taylor who has founded and operated 5 vc-backed startups over the past 20 years including BlackLocus which sold to Home Depot in 2012 and TrueCar which went public in 2014. Most recently, Rob Co-founded and was the CEO of a B to B SaaS company called Convey which was acquired by Project44 in September of 2021 for $255M. I…
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Send us a text Nate Sabat is a bassist, singer-songwriter, arranger and instructor based in Brooklyn, NY. He is a founding member of the award-winning string band Mile Twelve. A native-New Yorker, he attended LaGuardia High School as a vocal principal and went on to study upright bass at the Berklee College of Music. He has performed on stages thro…
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Mucker Capital is a venture capital firm that invests largely in preseed, seed and series A rounds. In today’s episode, Jon tells us why he likes “unsexy” software companies, what makes a company desirable to invest in in early rounds, and what are the characteristics of a great CEO. Please subscribe to Studying Success to hear more from the best e…
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Send us a text NY Bassist/Bandleader Steve Millhouse speaks about his new album "The Unwinding" available on Steeple Chase Records. More about the album: The first Steve Millhouse Trio recording will be released on SteepleChase Records on February 15th. Liner notes by Steve Swallow and Gary Fukushima. Physical copies will be distributed internation…
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Send us a text Becky Baldwin is one of the UK’s busiest rock bassists. After playing the piano as a child, Becky picked up the bass guitar as a teenager and began performing with bands at school. In 2009 she moved from Trowbridge to Bristol to study at BIMM Bristol and became closely involved in Bristol’s music scene. Becky holds a BA Honors degree…
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In this episode, we are joined by Klaus Wegener who is a Co-Founder and Managing director at 35up, a company that provides ecommerce sites with cross selling software. Prior to 35up, Klaus Co-founded a custom laptop and phone case company called Caseable where he was the CEO. In today’s episode, we dive into how Klaus and his team launched 35up, ho…
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Send us a text Los Angeles native, Erik Kertes, is a songwriter, producer, arranger, composer, touring and recording upright and electric bassist, music director, and a multi-instrumentalist. Between running a recording studio, touring with acts like Shakira and Michael Buble, composing for TV and film, and writing songs for major label artists whi…
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Send us a text Electric & Double Bassist Tony Garnier is a Grammy Award winning sideman for legendary household names in the music business. Having joined songwriting icon Bob Dylan in 1989, and also performing alongside Asleep At The Wheel, Tom Waits, Loudon Wainwright III, Paul Simon, and many others, Garnier has played with some of the best that…
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In today’s episode, we hear from Wesley Gottesman who currently works as a Principal at a venture capital firm called Brand Foundry Ventures. Brand Foundry Ventures has invested in companies such as Starface, the acne concealer products brand and Allbirds. Prior to Brand Foundry, Wesley launched a startup called Rollrcoastr and worked with Drew Bre…
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