Bassrocket.com Interviews Bryan Beller
Bassrocket.com
Published October, 2004

Bassist basics:
DOB: May 6, 1971
Place of birth: Charlottesville, Virginia
Years playing what type(s) of instrument(s)?
5 years classical piano
3 years acoustic bass
23 years electric bass

Bands you've gigged with?
Mike Keneally
Steve Vai
Wayne Kramer
James LaBrie's Mullmuzzler
Z (Dweezil & Ahmet Zappa)

Musical influences?
John Scofield
Michael Landau
Bill Frisell
Jaco Pastorius
John Paul Jones
John Patitucci

If you could play the gig of your lifetime, what would it be?
John Scofield on guitar
Don Grolnick (RIP) on Hammond organ
Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums

Or:
Michael Landau on guitar
Toss Panos on drums

How did you get where you are in music?
I was connected to the Zappa family through a college friend of mine, drummer Joe Travers. He got me the audition for Dweezil's band Z. I got the gig, met Mike Keneally, and everything happened from there.

Where do you want to go in music?
Still figuring that out. :-)

And now to the most pressing of questions . . .
Pets?
None.

True or False: Mexican food is the best food on earth.
FALSE. Ever had Chinese food in or around New York City?

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