102 - Bryan Beller

No Guitar Is Safe

Jude Gold

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4.8 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2019

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

On his new double album, “Scenes from the Flood,” BRYAN BELLER enlists JOHN PETRUCCI, JOE SATRIANI, MIKE KENEALLY, GUTHRIE GOVAN, NILI BROSH, JANET FEDER, JAMIE KIME, MIKE DAWES, and other great players to help him deliver one of the most compelling concept records in recent memory. For this episode of No Guitar Is Safe, the bassist/composer/musical mastermind and Aristocrats founder plugs in two of his favorite basses (and also a guitar!) to show you how he created his epic new collection of tunes. He also reflects on the genius of Satriani, Govan, and other phenomenal guitarists with whom he tours and records. Plus, Beller shares an empowered take on how to achieve life goals that just may inspire you to record YOUR magnum opus. Hosted by JUDE GOLD, and brought to you by GUITAR PLAYER magazine, and www.guitarplayer.com.

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0:00.0	No guitar is safe.
0:15.0	Okay, first things first, the list of featured guitarists on Brian Bellar's new album,
0:21.5	Scenes from the Flood is astounding.
0:24.8	We're talking about Joe Satriani.
0:26.8	We're talking about Guthrie Govyn.
0:28.8	We're talking about John Petrucci.
0:30.6	We're talking about Mike Dawes and many others including Rick Masalum, Neely Brosh,
0:36.5	Janet Fedder, Jamie Kime. The thing is,
0:41.0	Brian Beller is a bassist, but he's also a musical mastermind and a genius composer and producer.
0:48.4	And that alone was enough to be like, of course, Brian, let's have you on the show and show us how you created this incredible record.
1:02.0	Also, Brian's a friend of mine. I worked with him with Brendan Small.
1:09.0	And I've just known him for years. When I first saw him, he was playing for
1:12.5	Mike Caneli. This was in the 2000s, and he was also overachiever that he is, not just playing
1:19.6	bass for Caneli, but also a vice president at SWR. And you might know Brian for forming
1:25.5	the aristocrats with Guthrouven and Marco Miniman and
1:28.3	touring with Satriani.
1:34.2	But anyhow, so yeah, every once in a while, you know, we have a monster bassist on the show.
1:40.6	Four string friends, five string sometimes, depending on which bass Brian is holding.
1:46.3	But what this turned into was something incredibly deeper and more expansive, kind of like
1:52.6	the record in question. Scenes from the Flood is available at Brian Beller.com and so many other
1:58.5	places and it's epic. It's basically a four-act musical
2:03.8	odyssey kind of designed for the vinyl set which by the way if you have a musician friend
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