136 - P Basses are for OLD PPL?! / Ferocious SLAP technique / Finding Your Lane with Steve Jenkins

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🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Best known for his stints with Vernon Reid (Living Colour) and Dave Fiuczynski in Screaming Headless Torsos, Steve Jenkins fits into a diverse range of musical situations that have run the gamut from face-melting prog-metal to experimental microtonal jazz-funk. In this episode, we sit down with Steve to uncover more about his story, how music has shaped his outlook on life, and why he’s recently switched up his Fender Jazz for a 6-string Dingwall?! In this episode Why Steve could never...

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0:00.0	What's up and welcome to a brand new episode of the SBL podcast.
0:04.5	Today, I sit down with the incredible Steve Jenkins.
0:09.0	If you don't know, Steve Jenkins, check out this artist list.
0:13.0	I have it written down right here.
0:14.5	Vernon Reed from Live in Color.
0:16.6	Screaming Headless Torsos.
0:18.5	Screaming?
0:19.2	Screaming?
0:19.8	We're going to put the G on it.
0:20.8	David Fuzinski, Alex Skolnick, Thomas Pridgin, Victor Wooten. screaming headless torsos. Screaming? We're going to put the G on it.
0:27.7	David Fusinski, Alex Skolnick, Thomas Pridgin, Victor Wooten, Keith Carlock, Cindy Blackman, Santana,
0:35.1	Gene Lake. The list keeps going on and on. He's Berkeley alum. He's also taught there as well.
0:39.9	He is a ferocious technician and also has crazy pocket.
0:43.2	We sit down, we talk about a new bass that he's been playing.
0:45.6	We wonder about P-bases.
0:47.8	Are they for old people?
0:48.8	We talk about it.
0:51.4	We talk about his ferocious slap technique.
0:54.0	You might demonstrate a little bit of that as well.
0:54.7	And we talk about finding your lane and I tell a story of being petrified when he showed up to a gig of mine. It's a really
1:01.6	great, great interview. Before we get there, let me tell you what's going on at SBL. Right now,
1:07.1	live class is open and it is going strong. And I have been teaching two classes at live class is open and it is going strong and I have been teaching two classes at live
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