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Hey, how's it going, guys? Scott here from Scott's Bass Lessons again and today I'm here with the Scott's Bass Sessions podcast episode number

six and today we have got on the phenomenal, the godfather of gospel bass, Andrew Gouche.

I was actually going to hold this episode back over the holiday period and release it in January instead,

but kind of a last minute thing. I've been going through some base withdrawal over the holiday period and release it in January instead, but kind of a last minute thing. I've

been going through some base withdrawal over the holiday season, and I figured you guys might

be the same, so I thought I'd release this anyway, so we could all indulge in a bit of, well,

in a bit of groove, in a bit of base while our families are eating Christmas puddings or whatever they do over this season.

And on that note, actually, I just want to say or send a whole load of base love to you and say,

happy holidays to everybody out there around the world, listening to this right now.

And if Christmas isn't your thing, I'm still sending you some base love anyway.

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So as I said, we've got Andrew Gouche with us today.

And guys, he really is so knowledgeable.

I think you're going to really get a lot of great stuff from this interview.

He's worked from, well, he's worked with everybody.

He's worked with Prince and the New Power Generation

right through to being Shaka Khan's musical director and he tells you about how he actually

got that gig and the experiences that you had on the road, how he actually got into the bass

itself. It's really interesting because when Andrew got into playing

bass, there wasn't really that many guys to try and emulate. And he talks about that and how he

had to kind of carve his own path. And I think that's, and I think you would agree with me that

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