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The SBL Podcast

89 - Quintuplet or just FEEL IT?! J Dilla Time on Bass | The Rob Mullarkey & Richard Spaven Interview

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

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Rob Mullarkey has mastered the worlds of groove and odd-time signatures on the bass guitar, but how do those skills translate when playing with a drummer? In today's episode, we sit down with Rob and one of the most unique drummers in hip-hop and drum ’n’ bass, Richard Spaven. And did I mention there are a few tips of the hat to J Dilla? And exclusive performances? Yep, click here to watch. In this episode you're going to learn: How Rob approaches odd time signatures and beat displacem...

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0:00.0

What's up and welcome to another episode of the Scott and Ian show on the SBL podcast.

0:05.0

Today, an incredible treat.

0:07.0

We're going to play the Rob Mularky and Richard Spaven talk show episode that Scott and I and the team from SBL filmed down in London a number of months ago.

0:16.0

And it is incredible.

0:18.0

Even if I do say so myself, like I was there in the room and it was incredible. Hey, Rob Mularky, most known for playing bass with Jacob Collier, but also involved in this beat music scene in London. Incredible bass player, incredible sound maker, communicator, educator. He is the real deal, like this well-rounded musician, we're going to get to hear from him today.

0:38.8

Also, Richard Spaven, one of the authoritative voices in beat music in Dillafield, drunk,

0:45.5

wonky time, whatever you want to call it. He is on kit, and he's talking all about that.

0:50.3

And I, like, oh, I think I got on his last last nerve I just wanted him to drill down and explain

0:55.4

every single thing that he was doing so it's so fun they play these tunes and then Scott and I get to

1:00.9

ask questions and I am so fascinated by that like Detroit Solquarian J. Dilla thing and how you would

1:08.9

even approach that on drums how then you would approach it on

1:12.5

the bass. And we get to ask all of these questions. Oh, and Rob goes through all of his

1:17.6

pedals and talks about playing like octave bass and where to put pocket when you're playing

1:23.4

like that drunk J. Dilla style of playing bass against the drums.

1:28.6

It's amazing.

1:30.0

It's so much fun.

1:31.4

So we're going to get there.

1:32.3

Let me tell you what's going on at SBL this week.

1:34.8

We have a brand new course that came out yesterday, May 31st, soloing concepts of John

1:41.6

Patatucci, the legend, the man, the myth. You want to know what makes

1:46.5

John Patattucci solo so compelling? Check out this course. It's only at SBL. It came out

1:52.5

yesterday. We also have a mentor session coming up with one of my favorite humans in the world.

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