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The SBL Podcast

070 - In Conversation with Cameron Dawson - Mamas Gun

The SBL Podcast

Scott's Bass Lessons

Bass, Electric Bass, Sbl, Education, Music Interviews, Online Bass Lessons, Music, Bass Guitar, Scott's Bass Lessons

4.8522 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In today’s podcast we marvel at the awesome bass playing of Cameron Dawson. Mamas Gun are a London-based five-piece that’s been gathering critical acclaim and an international audience since 2008. Cameron Dawson took up bass duties in 2012 and has been at the heart of the band’s dazzling pop and wicked grooves ever since. Commitments with Mamas Gun have taken up most of Cameron’s time for the past few years, but he’s still found time to finish a university degree, play numerous sessions, as w...

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0:00.0

Hey guys, how's it going? Scott Devine here back with another episode of the SBL podcast.

0:06.3

And this week we've got the awesome Cameron Dawson with us, who's an up-and-coming bass player from over here in the UK.

0:13.4

He lives in Brighton, which is on the south coast of the UK. Great place to visit, guys, if you haven't already.

0:18.9

If you're not from the UK and you haven't checked out Brighton and you're thinking about coming to the UK, it's a great place to go hang out,

0:24.5

really arty, just good vibe there. Anyway, before enough love about Brighton. Anyway, in this podcast,

0:30.1

we found out, find out all about Cameron's gig with the critically acclaimed Mammers gun,

0:35.6

including how he passed the audition

0:38.0

and what it was like putting his own stamp on things

0:40.6

while taking over the bass chair from the great Rex Huran.

0:44.2

Camra was still studying for his music degree

0:46.5

when he got the gig,

0:47.6

and he's a great example, guys,

0:49.3

of someone who's managed to successfully balance his professional

0:52.9

and academic life. We're going to find out about

0:56.4

his Skype lessons with Shiree Reed. Oh, check out Sherey Reed if you haven't already, guys.

1:00.3

In fact, we've got a interview with him somewhere, somewhere on the site. Anyway, and Cameron's

1:05.3

also going to tell us about his stash of base collection, power bases, which he's modded with some Agula pickups, okay?

1:12.9

So it's going to be a great, great interview. I really enjoyed listening to it. I think

1:17.1

you're going to enjoy listen to it too. So without further ado, over to Nick, our resident podcast

1:23.7

ear or podcast interviewer in SBO. Actually, Nick does a ton of other stuff as well.

1:28.5

He does a lot of writing for us. He's a super, I need to get him on some videos, actually. Nick, if you're listening to this, I'm going to get on some videos. Anyway, over to Nick and this great interview with Cameron Dawson. Hey, guys, welcome back to another episode of the SBL podcast. today we are with Cameron Dawson from the band Mama's Gunn, amongst other things.

1:49.2

Mama's Gunn, how have we been with those guys, Cameron? It's two or three years now?

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