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@iheartguitar LOL...
– about 8 hours ago.


@deanibean Uh, yeah. I say that out of love and respect, of course...
– about 8 hours ago.


@evanmarien you're welcome - it's well deserved, freak!
– about 8 hours ago.


power, i haz it - after tweeting praises of Between The Buried & Me, they land a tour w/Mastodon. Hope their drinking tolerance is in shape!
– about 8 hours ago.


@kendallmck yeah, i thought the same thing. of course, you what that means about me...
– 1 day ago.


@shawnfarley well, guess what - i'm going to start it on Tuesday. (gulp)
– 1 day ago.


@ladybassmusic no, I never did...but it's not a big deal. I was just bored on the internet that day, I think. :-)
– 1 day ago.


@kdc Cool! Tell my bosses at BP that, will ya? :-)
– 1 day ago.


@damianerskine Thanks dude. This was a labor of love for sure.
– 1 day ago.


@Bassfett indeed. W00T!! (I feel very hip now.)
– 1 day ago.


@maikiam thanks dude!
– 1 day ago.


@Astrapto thanks! i'm looking forward to seeing it in print myself.
– 1 day ago.


free at last, free at last, thank god almighty i'm DONE w/the metal cover story for Bass Player Mag!! i am soooo drinking tonite... \m/ \m/
– 2 days ago.


lack of tweets due 2 being deep in writing cave. been doing BP cover story 4 days & days. deadline tomorrow. @kirasmall is keeping me sane!
– 4 days ago.


@natobasso no worries, dude!
– 6 days ago.


OK, folks - anyone in Chicago up for hosting a house concert w/me & @kirasmall on Thurs. 3/18? It's superfunky R&B fun. http://bit.ly/92mlIV
– 6 days ago.


@tamarasilvera welcome, Tamara, to the Twitterverse. :-)
– 6 days ago.


@captevilstomper i may do that one day in my spare time...wait, did i say spare? ha, haha, hahahaha, hahahahahahaha.....
– 6 days ago.


@miladycraig the 3rd cup sometimes gets fired up at 11pm...
– 6 days ago.


@ladybassmusic yeah, teh editing, it burns!
– 6 days ago.


@HeartBreakHer no comment. :-)
– 6 days ago.


writing story 4 Bass Player Mag this week about bass in M E T A L...many interviews in progress. brutal now, but will be cool when done.
– 7 days ago.


@natobasso i know, that's why i've never touched it. but it was weird to see it go from 10 paragrafs to 4 sentences.
– 7 days ago.


@deanibean are you a wiki editor??
– 7 days ago.


@deanibean oh, just any1 w/a discography for their solo albums, work history, & stuff like that. i dunno! i guess it needs to be "impartial"
– 7 days ago.


and if it's weird 2 bleg about your own wikipedia page, then i'm guilty! so sue me. but srsly, just wondering how that all works.
– 7 days ago.


i don't touch it myself - seems 2 weird 2 do that - but if any1 out there has wikichops, it'd b nice to have it accurate & like other pgs...
– 7 days ago.


u know, my wikipedia page used 2 b kinda cool. lots of stuff up there. then a wiki-editor scrubbed it. now it's a little stub. :-(
– 7 days ago.


still stunned at how good Between The Buried And Me's "The Great Misdirect" is. an epic record.
– 7 days ago.


@kirasmall ok, i'm not driving now. :-) got a grammy report? @fullyaltered is tweeting jazz winners. I think instr rock might be out there?
– 8 days ago.


@kirasmall uh-oh...
– 8 days ago.


@buttafuko yes you did. :-) srsly, like 10 more ppl said the same thing as the tour went on.
– 8 days ago.


@solobasssteve dude, you and @steveuccello are the best. Thanks!!
– 8 days ago.


NP: Between The Buried And Me, "The Great Misdirect". Wow.
– 8 days ago.


http://twitpic.com/10l0w5 - I-40, eastern new mexico. Heading home after 3+ wks and nearly 7000 miles.
– 9 days ago.


Thx 2 all who responded 2 the call for interview transcribers. Good on that 4 now. Today & sunday: drive from ABQ to Nashville. ohai I-40.
– 9 days ago.


@ericmberry DM me!
– 10 days ago.


@misaelfret DM me. I'm following you.
– 10 days ago.


and yeah, i now know ppl can't DM me if I don't follow them. working on it.
– 10 days ago.


whoa, LOTS of responses. need to go to USPS, bank, oil change - will respond via ancient Palm OS phone Twitter app soon. thx everyone!
– 10 days ago.


r u a good typist? good speller? need a little (emphasis LITTLE) xtra cash? wanna help transcribe interviews of metal bassists ASAP? DM me.
– 10 days ago.


RT @kirasmall: Look what came for @bryanbeller today...(nosy wife opened it). O hai, @stevevai! http://twitpic.com/10784c
– 10 days ago.


@thatjobguy thanks DT! yeah, pretty damned cool.
– 10 days ago.


@ShoNuffArty ha - i just interviewed Nate Newton for Bass Player Mag. Told him about last night and the Converge shout-out. He laughed. :-)
– 10 days ago.


@N0sefreckles @samenewshit OK, OK, hi there! Well played on the mustache.
– 10 days ago.


tonite: D'addario/Planet Waves bass clinic @ Grandma's in ABQ, NM. 1st ever solo gig in New Mexico. Grandma's is an epic store. Come on out!
– 11 days ago.


rocking turnout in PHX last night for D'addario bass clinic @ GC Scottsdale - thx 2 Julie & Jeff at the store. 30+ people on 6 days notice!
– 11 days ago.


@captevilstomper thanks - it went great!
– 11 days ago.


@zeruch you're very welcome! AAL rocks mightily. so does Elwood's.
– 11 days ago.


@simonscotland lazy. :-)
– 11 days ago.


@waknatious good question. i'm usually so crazed in LA I don't even think 2 do it. next time I come out w/a free day, I'll give it a shot.
– 11 days ago.


Doing a bass clinic 4 D'addario strings tonite in Phoenix! 7pm, Guitar Center Scottsdale. Hope to see some of you there...
– 12 days ago.


drove 640 miles 2day w/@mikekeneally. now safe back in L.A. rest 2morrow, then clinics in PHX (GC) Wed. and ABQ (Grandma's) Thurs.!
– 14 days ago.


RT @MikeKeneally Humboldt residents! Beller and I perform tonight at the 13th annual Arcata Eye Ball @ the Arcata Theatre Lounge!
– 15 days ago.


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Thank You
Sunday, January 31, 2010

As I get ready to drive the last leg of my 7,000 mile January road trip (OKC to Nashville), I just wanted to thank EVERYONE who came out to see me play with either Kira, Keneally, or even just myself in any of these fine places I just visited:

Denver, CO
Park City, UT
Monterey, CA
Anaheim, CA (NAMM)
Orland, CA
Arcata, CA
Phoenix, AZ
Albuquerque, NM

It's been an amazing trip, made even more amazing by the incredibly cool people I got to hang with along the way. Thanks, y'all. See you again soon, I hope.

Much more about WesFest 5 coming soon. Maybe after I sleep a bit. No, not while I'm driving.

BB


Another Late-Booked D'addario Clinic - Phoenix, Wed. 1/27
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Call me crazy, but I just confirmed another clinic on my drive home across the country. This one's in Phoenix...in a week! Can we turn some folks out in only 7 days? We're gonna find out:

Wednesday, January 27, 7pm
Guitar Center Scottsdale
8949 East Indian Bend Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85250
(480) 362-1150

Again, this fine event is sponsored by D'addario Strings. And many thanks to Deanna at GC Scottsdale for being up for this - she's as crazy as I am, apparently. See you there, desert rats.

BB

Albuquerque, NM Bass Clinic In Late January
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

This is a last-minute thing, but since I'm driving back across the country from L.A. to Nashville in the end of January, why not do some clinics for my fine friends at D'addario Strings, whose ProSteels I use and abuse and still sound great?

Thursday, January 28, 7pm
Bryan Beller Bass Clinic
Sponsored by D'addario Strings
at Grandma's Music & Sound
9310 Coors Boulevard Northwest
Albuquerque, NM 87114-4006
(505) 292-0341

Grandma's is a killer dealer - they rule. I hardly ever get to do stuff like this in New Mexico. If you're anywhere close, I'd love to see you.

AND, don't forget about WesFest 5, featuring headliner Tal Wilkenfeld, at The Roxy on Sunday 2/28. Yes, I'll be talking about that a lot between now and then.



NAMM was great. Got many stories to tell but I'm still on the road so I gotta keep moving. Got a house concert with Kira Small tonight. More MyKeneally gigs in NoCal later this week. And then it's the long drive home, with a stop in ABQ (and maybe more cities along the way, TBD).

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE this new website design? Gah, it's awesome.

BB

Latest BellerBytes E-Mail - More WesFest 5 Detail
Thursday, January 14, 2010

If you're a subscriber to BellerBytes - and you really should be! - then you already got the text I'm about to point to.

But if not, I just reprinted the whole thing on my MySpace blog (don't ask why it's not posted in full here, it's a long formatting story). It's me really going into detail on WesFest 5, what's it's all about, how to support it, and all that good stuff.

Please take a look if you're so inclined.

And don't forget to check out the event details at the WesFest website!



BB

WesFest 5 Launch Announcement
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

I'm going to keep this brief because I'll be talking about this a lot over the next six weeks. But here's the news:

WesFest 5 will be at The Roxy, on Sunday 2/28/10, and the headliner is going to be...

Tal Wilkenfeld.

Yes, really!!

WesFest, for anyone who doesn't know, is an annual concert event that serves as the centerpiece for an annual fundraising drive for the Wes Wehmiller Scholarship fund at Berklee College Of Music. I am fortunate to be a part of the team that helps to make it happen every year. Past headliners have included Mike Keneally, Stu Hamm, Andrew Gouche, and Jimmy Haslip/Allan Holdsworth. It's an amazing, 5-act, 4 hour show.

But even for us, this is huge. Tal Wilkenfeld? At The Roxy? You really want to be at this one, trust me. Like I said, I'll have much more to say about this soon.

For now, just click here for ticket ordering info, more details on the event, and how to donate to the fundraising drive.

Thanks y'all,
BB

Calendar Updates
Saturday, January 2, 2010

I'm still getting used to the idea that I can update the front page anytime I want. It's pretty cool, especially when I do stuff like update the calendar.

Mike Keneally and I are doing three of his patented (OK, patent pending) MyKeneally duo shows. Two of them are private affairs, one is open to the public. If you're a Keneally fan, or just a music fan, and you don't know about these superawesomelyspecial events, you should really check them out.

More news soon - especially about WesFest 5. Man, do I have some exciting news to share about that.

BB

A New Year's Eve Blog
Thursday, December 31, 2009

On New Year’s Eve, 1999, I was an Export Manager for a bass amplifier manufacturing company.

I thought my days as a full-time musician were over.

I thought I didn’t have any original music to offer the world.

I was single, living in North Hollywood, CA.

I was happy, but not deeply satisfied in many ways.

In the ten years that followed, I made and spent a six-figure fortune, I got out of debt and into debt and out again, I gained and lost 20 pounds three times (once it was 30 pounds), I lost a dear friend and gained many new ones, I quit my job with no backup plan, I became a full-time musician again and toured the world, I released two solo albums, and I moved to Nashville to be with a girl who is now my wife. Most crucially, I had a breakthrough in my ways of thinking and being that I soon hope to adequately describe.

A lot of people say it was the Worst. Decade. Ever. I understand why and certainly sympathize, but it wasn’t that way from my perspective. For me, the “oughts” were, and always will be, when I became who I always wanted to be.

I’m extremely grateful for these past ten years, and especially grateful for the people I’ve grown closer to in that time. My intention for the ‘10s is for the next decade to be even better and more fulfilling for all of us.

Happy New Year/Decade/Whatever-You-Want, everyone.

Peace and love,
BB

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