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The SBL Podcast

135 - In Conversation with Robert ‘Bubby’ Lewis - What It Is

The SBL Podcast

Scott's Bass Lessons

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

4.8522 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Robert ‘Bubby’ Lewis is a creative force on the electric bass. His sheer speed, fluidity and conviction is awesome, but he can also groove, with uncanny endurance on ridiculously uptempo tunes. Bubby started out playing in his father’s church at age 14, and soon made a name for himself around his hometown of Flint, Michigan. Bubby was later hired by Snoop Dog (on the recommendation of Andrew Gouche) and has since gone on to work with the likes of Dr. Dre, Lupe Fiasco, Kim Burrell, The Clarke...

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The Cool. Yeah. So, you know, one of the things that I think floors people initially about you, when they first you is your facility your right-hand technique

0:39.4

and sinking it with this where did that come from did you that's something you you actively pursued

0:46.6

you're like i want speed or is it just kind of evolve did you have exercises you used to to develop

0:53.8

it honestly, the speed,

0:57.0

the speed is a mental thing to me.

1:01.0

Hmm.

1:02.0

Um, you ever been moving furniture and you dropped something really heavy on your foot?

1:09.0

Yes.

1:10.0

You don't care about how heavy it is.

1:12.4

You just want to get that joint off your foot because it hurts, right?

1:16.5

So for me, it's like if I hear an idea, if I have an idea, it may be fast in my mind.

1:24.3

I'm not thinking about whether or not I can do it.

1:28.4

I'm just like, just do it.

1:30.8

You know what I'm saying?

1:31.5

So whether it's fast or slow, just do it.

1:36.0

It is, you know, yeah, you do have to condition your hands.

1:40.3

I'll say that it's not like you can just start off by just playing a bunch of fast stuff.

1:43.5

Yeah.

1:44.0

The more you play, though, the stronger your hands get.

1:48.5

But for me, I found if I know what I want to play already and I just try and execute it

1:55.4

without worrying about if I have the ability to or not, you know, there's sometimes, dude, I'll

2:01.8

listen back to stuff that I've played and I'm like, I don't even know how I played it that

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