Bryan Beller Articles

WesFest 5 Benefit Concert announced, with Tal Wilkenfeld

Bryan Beller recently updated us on the next WesFest Benefit Concert, now in its fifth year. The concert is in honor of Wes Wehmiller, a Berklee grad and good friend of Beller who passed away in 2005 from thyroid cancer. Each year, the concert raises funds for a scholarship endowed in Wehmiller’s name [...]

Steve Vai: Where the Wild Things Are, with Bryan Beller

Steve Vai’s latest release, Where the Wild Things Are, is a live performance recorded and filmed at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. The concert was part of Vai’s Sound Theories world tour and is available on CD, DVD and now Blu-ray.
Bassist Bryan Beller joins Vai on this performance, along with violinists Alex DePue and [...]

Rewind: our top features of the week

In case you missed them, here are the top headlines from No Treble, for the week of October 12th.
Lessons

Jon Burr’s Pivots in Chord Inversions
Evan Kepner’s Fingering Strategies for the Upright Bass

Columns & Features

Ask Damian Erskine: Reading Scenarios
Ray’s Raving About… Kenny Werner’s “Effortless Mastery”
Our Player Spotlight is on Mantis Evar
We’re thrilled to welcome Phil Wain, and [...]

Bryan Beller, on the value of being versatile…

Fredericksburg Virginia is now hosting a monthly Bass Forum for bassists in the region. The Forum began in May 2009, and it has met four times now. Though the meetings started small, initially averaging about 15 people, participants are now commuting from both DC and Richmond to attend.
In August, the Bass Forum was fortunate [...]

The Bass Forum: A new bass resource in Fredericksburg, Virginia

This is a guest post from Brittany Frompovich, organizer of the Bass Forum in Fredericksburg, VA. If you’d like to contribute a guest post or have us publish your event, please get in touch.
Bassists in Fredericksburg, Virginia have a new resource to help them expand their playing; the Bass Forum. This monthly event is [...]

Bryan Beller: one crazy whirlwind tour

Bryan Beller is currently on the road for what is one monster tour.
Bryan says it best: “I will be home for only 10 of the next 112 days. Which means that, if you live in America, there’s a very good chance I’ll be near you with someone or another. – Mike Keneally, Kira [...]

The Low Show II at Nashville NAMM

July 17th 2009 will mark the second installment of The Low Show at this year’s Nashville NAMM show, at The Rutledge from 7:30 to 11:00pm.
Bassists Bryan Beller (Steve Vai, Dethklok), Doug Johns (Buddy Miles), Sean O’Bryan Smith (Billy Ray Cyrus, Rebecca St. James) and Roy Vogt (Dickey Betts, Jerry Reed) will be performing [...]

Bryan Beller touring with Mike Keneally

Guitarist Mike Keneally and bassist Bryan Beller are gearing up for their second tour for Taylor Guitars, after a three year break.
Here’s the scoop:
Monday, May 11, 2009
Buddy Roger’s Music
7647 Beechmont Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45255
7:00 p.m.
Admission: $5
Info: 513-232-0777
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Guitarworks
996 South State Road
Greenwood, IN 46143
7:00 p.m.
Admission: free
Info: 317-885-1510
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tumbleweed Trading Post [...]

Bryan Beller announces bass clinics

Bassist Bryan Beller is gearing up for a few bass education appearances starting later this month.
The first is The Gerald Veasley Bass Boot Camp, a three day, retreat-style event in Reading, Pennsylvania. Other instructors will include Victor Wooten, Andrew Gouche, T.M. Stevens, Anthony Wellington, Adam Nitti, and David Dyson.
Veasley’s camp will be at [...]

Bryan Beller tour update

Bryan Beller is “bringing the music and the message to as many people as possible” with a tour to support the release of Thanks In Advance.
Here’s the latest:
Saturday, March 7, 2009, 8pm
the Bryan Beller Band (special Cleveland lineup!)
at The Winchester
12112 Madison Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44107
Admission: $10
Also appearing: Doug Johns, Tony Pulizzi
The Cleveland lineup is:
Rick Musallam – [...]