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The SBL Podcast

090 - In Conversation with Brian ‘Beav’ Waddell - Devin Townsend Project

The SBL Podcast

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🗓️ 22 November 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In today’s podcast we’re talking to the man who’s been providing the low end for the Devin Townsend Project. Brian 'Beav' Waddell is busy gearing up for shows with The Devin Townsend Project, who are about to hit the road with Clutch and The Obsessed as part of the “Psychic Warfare” tour. Having released 24 studio albums in the last 22 years, Devin is one of the most prolific artists in any genre of music. A seasoned pro himself, it’s Brian’s intuition that has often proved as valuable as his...

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0:00.0

Hey guys, how's it going? So this is going to be the weirdest podcast intro because I'm actually in my car driving to the studio because we're filming all week with the legendary Gary Willis recording or filming a course for you guys.

0:15.6

In fact, we're actually filming two courses. We're filming a course, and we're filming a, like, a master's program as well,

0:24.7

which is something completely different that we're doing.

0:27.6

Super exciting stuff.

0:29.8

So that's why everything's a little bit ghetto for the intro of this podcast.

0:34.2

Anyway, I just want to introduce this week's guest.

0:37.1

We're going to have Brian Waddell

0:38.8

on the show, who is bass player. Actually, one of my favorite ever artist, Devin Townsend,

0:46.1

who I'm a massive super geek, super fan about Devin. So it was super exciting. There's a lot of

0:52.2

super's going on there, isn't it? It was really exciting getting Brian on.

0:56.4

And you're going to hear all about how he transitioned from guitar to bass.

1:01.5

You're going to find out about their on-stage sound.

1:05.0

They don't have any amps.

1:06.6

It is all in ears.

1:08.3

You're going to hear about that.

1:09.4

And much more including working with Nulli from

1:12.5

Periphery because he was the producer of their last album. Now, without further ado, I'm going to

1:18.2

hand over to Nick and this week's podcast guest, Brian Waddle.

1:22.8

Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of the SBL podcast. We're just catching up with Brian

1:26.8

from the Devon Townsend project who's about to embark on another tour um this one's the psychic warfare

1:34.1

tour have i got that right with clutch and the obsessed sounds right it's gonna it sounds really

1:40.3

menacing that man i can't wait for that i I love Clutch. I think they're so awesome.

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