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@dannymitchell Kira already knows this...
– about 7 hours ago.


OK, it's official: The Big News breaks tomorrow morning. :-)
– about 8 hours ago.


trying to keep the posting light today and atone for yesterday's tweet orgy during Facebook setup. sorry about that, y'all!
– about 12 hours ago.


@dnaamps maybe i'll write a column about it?
– about 13 hours ago.


RT @kirasmall: Chicago show w/@bryanbeller 3/22 @stevejdawson opens! FB: http://bit.ly/aPxD9H non FB: http://www.kirasmall.com/calendar.html
– about 16 hours ago.


RT @kirasmall: M'waukee show #2 w/@bryanbeller -3/21: website calendar: http://bit.ly/cRQFpq Facebk event: http://bit.ly/c0fpNu C'mon down!!
– about 16 hours ago.


RT @kirasmall: Milwaukee house concert w/@bryanbeller 3/20 Facebook event: http://bit.ly/dnwgNi sexy website: http://livingroomsessions.com/
– about 16 hours ago.


RT @kirasmall: Shows coming up w/@bryanbeller: Marshfield, WI 3/19 Facebk event: http://bit.ly/9azruP website calendar: http://bit.ly/cRQFpq
– about 16 hours ago.


@tubgoat sorry for all that! the whole twitter-updates-facebook thing was maddening to get right...i got it now. :-)
– about 20 hours ago.


@damianerskine fb fan vs. profile - it's all wonky, just trying to make the best of it and with the most headroom...
– 1 day ago.


@damianerskine letters of offence - if we don't get any we did it wrong!
– 1 day ago.


@damianerskine ping.fm (from my phone) and tweetdeck (from my laptop) get the job done: myspace, facebook fan, twitter. got it nailed now!
– 1 day ago.


@kirasmall oh honey...i'm right here. love you!
– 1 day ago.


@cybersybil no sleep...only social networking...
– 1 day ago.


and one more time, because this is actually working from my phone!
– 1 day ago.


oh what the heck - let's try this ping.fm thing to see if it works...
– 1 day ago.


oh what the heck - let's try this ping.fm thing to see if it works...
– 1 day ago.


Heading off to L.A. in two days - gotta get packing, won't be back home 'til 3/23. Big news still coming soon, promise! Nite, all.
– 1 day ago.


OK, I think I got this FB thing figured out for now. Cool! Again, here's my FB fan page: http://tinyurl.com/yhrpcvz. Tweets will b there 2!
– 1 day ago.


man, i posted a video on facebook and it was reaaaaaaaly easy...working thru being a facebook newbie!
– 1 day ago.


@deanibean and you were mocking me - you're such a fan of mine you don't even realize how much. :-)
– 1 day ago.


@HeartBreakHer thanks for the feedback!
– 1 day ago.


@dougjohnsbass yeah, it's really kinda dumb. but i'm muddling through...
– 1 day ago.


@SteveUccello it's a frackin' mess is what it is...not made for musicians. but everyone's there, so...
– 1 day ago.


@HeartBreakHer better now?
– 1 day ago.


OK, here's a better link for the my Facebook Fan Page - http://tinyurl.com/yhrpcvz - & I apologize for the insane number of tweets tonight!
– 1 day ago.


I'll be at the fan page more because of the AWESOME efforts of @mikelerch, who built it alone to get us here. thanks so much, Mike! props...
– 1 day ago.


wow, i'm full of fail tonight - here's my facebook fan page: http://tinyurl.com/yhrpcvz. please become a fan if ur there!
– 1 day ago.


OK experts: If u know how to get Facebook's Twitter app to update JUST a Fan page, and not a personal profile, hit me!
– 1 day ago.


of course, i don't have an iPhone, I have a Palm Centro. #fail
– 1 day ago.


i may have finally hit the limit of PalmOS. if I had TweetDeck on my iPhone, this wouldn't be a problem. tweetdeck rox. 2TwitMe...i dunno.
– 1 day ago.


the facebook twitter app just wants to update the personal profile...i'm making tweetdeck update the fan page, but can't do it from my phone
– 1 day ago.


for those wondering, i'm trying to get twitter to update my facebook fan page but not my profile page. doesn't seem possible...working on it
– 1 day ago.


zeroing in on the target now...this is like problem solving in high school...
– 1 day ago.


oh lord please shoot me now...any takers?
– 1 day ago.


anything worth doing is worth doing right...
– 1 day ago.


anything worth doing is worth doing right...
– 1 day ago.


in for a penny, in for a pound...
– 1 day ago.


If u think this testing is tedious, you're right...
– 1 day ago.


Testing from phone again...wow this is fun...
– 1 day ago.


this is yet another test tweet...i'm getting closer, i promise...
– 1 day ago.


this is yet another test tweet...i'm getting closer, i promise...
– 1 day ago.


Still testing facebook tweet links...this time from my phone...
– 1 day ago.


this is another test...please have patience everyone...thank you...
– 1 day ago.


this is a test...this is only a test...
– 1 day ago.


@captevilstomper aw, thank you. it really was absurd - if i was doing it for anything i didn't love i would have killed myself.
– 1 day ago.


@deanibean ha! i'll get you back, don't worry...
– 1 day ago.


Crazy day. BP cover story comes out. Vai's YT vid is on YT's front page(!). Joining Facebook tonight. Firming up deets on Big News. Crazy.
– 1 day ago.


@captevilstomper thank you! i couldn't have done it without all of your help - everyone's. feeling very "proud papa"-ish right now!
– 1 day ago.


@zeruch your name's in the mag! :-)
– 1 day ago.


@rotassator you should get it sooner than that - probably a couple of days unless you're overseas.
– 1 day ago.


@kdc awesome - thanks!
– 1 day ago.


The Bass Player Magazine cover story on modern metal bass is out. Hard to believe this is the cover, even for me!: http://twitpic.com/17ltzu
– 1 day ago.


@solobasssteve no one is more metal than @AlexCannibal!
– 1 day ago.


BellerBlog

New Blog: BellerBytes #75 - Manic March
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Everyone knows there's this thing called BellerBytes, my e-mail newsletter, right? I've only sent it out 75 times, as you can see.

Anyway, it's generally a big info dump on the latest happenings, gigs, travel plans, and other inside news. Because some people just won't subscribe to anything (and you know who you are, you recalcitrant ne'er-do'well's), I tend to post it on my MySpace blog. You don't even need to be on MySpace to see it - just click here to read the whole thing. There's a lot of cool news in there, like me getting on Facebook, a WesFest 5 wrap-up, stuff about my YouTube page, and more. Plus there's news about gigs with Keneally in SoCal, and with Kira Small in Milwaukee and Chicago.

And after you read it, please subscribe! Just click here to sign up. It won't hurt a bit, I promise. And I try to keep it fun as well as informative. Really!

The Really Big News is coming very, very soon. Stay tuned.

BB

New YouTube Video - Bryan Beller Band Live At The Baked Potato, 1/22/09
Friday, March 5, 2010

Got some new exclusive video for ya. It's from the Bryan Beller Band Thanks In Advance record release party gig on 1/22/09. Behold, "Greasy Wheel":



That's Rick Musallam on lead guitar, Griff Peters on harmony guitar, Michael Bluestein on keys, Joe Travers on drums, and Nick D'Virgilio on tambourine. I'll be posting a new one every two weeks for a while. All praise to Dave Foster for shooting and making the video.

And don't forget to read the post directly below this, posted the same day...

BB

On The Verge Of Some Big News

First, to everyone who supported and attended WesFest 5, thank you SO much. Without going on and on about it, I'll just say it was the best attended, most professional, and generally most awesome WesFest event we've ever put on. The music was great and the vibe was even better. I've been laying low and recovering a little bit since then.

But not totally resting. There is a swirl of stuff cooking in the background that, if you've been following along in these parts for any length of time, will blow your mind when it goes public. I. Can't. Wait. To. Tell. You!

In the meantime, if you're not a subscriber to BellerBytes, my e-mailing list, now's the time. It'll be the easiest way to get all of the details on The Big News delivered straight to your inbox when it comes around. I'll probably post a link to it when the next one goes out, because it's going to be so epic.

I know, enough hype for you? Trust me, it'll be worth it. :-)

BB

One Week To WesFest 5 - Plus New Gigs In Milwaukee & Chicago
Sunday, February 21, 2010

It's just a week away. Tal Wilkenfeld, Vinnie Colaiuta, Oz Noy and John Beasley...plus Mike Keneally, Kira Small, Ali Handal, Joe Brooks, John Montagna, way more, and yours truly as the MC. What more could you want on a Sunday night?

Ticket sales just picked up big time, for realz. Don't get turned away at the door - get advance tickets online now.



Plus I just booked a Kira Small/Bryan Beller duo gig in Chicago at The Red Line Tap on Monday, 3/22. And there's more details about our house concert (available to the public!) in Milwaukee on Saturday, 3/20. Calendar page, peoples.

BB

New Bass Player Magazine Article Links
Saturday, February 13, 2010

Just a site update note - I just found a bunch of good new links on the Bass Player Magazine website, which means than more of my articles and CD reviews than ever before are available for your perusal.

Just check out the Literature page under "General Articles" and scroll down, since most of the new links are stuff written in the past year. What, you've never even visited the Literature page? Tsk tsk.

BB

WesFest 5 Just Got Awesome: Tal Wilkenfeld, Vinnie Colaiuta, Oz Noy & John Beasley to Headline!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

If you've been following me for even just a bit, you know I'm down for the cause of WesFest 5. Gather some friends, get a cool L.A. venue, play some music, and raise money for the Wes Wehmiller Scholarship at Berklee College Of Music. We've had great headliners before, and every event so far has been a success at every level.

But for WesFest 5, as my friend Kendall would say, SH*T JUST GOT AWESOME.

Headliner Tal Wilkenfeld will be playing her material with this ridiculous band:

Tal Wilkenfeld - bass
Oz Noy - guitar
John Beasley - keys
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums

Uh, yeah, you really should go.

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS FOR WESFEST 5



As you can see, we picked up some sponsors for the event as well. Check those logos at the bottom of the flyer above. Those are some cool companies right there. Much love to all of them.

There's also some new March dates up on the Calendar page. SoCal, Wisconsin, Mississippi...you know, the usual routing.

If you're a magazine reading type, the March issue of Bass Player has CD reviews I wrote on Evan Marien, Converge, and Keb' Mo'. Plus it's got the debut of my new rock/metal bass instructional column.

And if you're a metal guy, and you read Bass Player, all I can say is, just wait for the April issue. :-)

See you at WesFest 5, SoCal.

BB


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


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