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BRYAN BELLER<\/p>\n
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Bryan Beller has maintained a multi-faceted career as a bassist, composer, solo artist and clinician for over 25 years, earning his reputation as a uniquely talented yet supremely tasteful team player for instrumentally-minded artists. In the power super-trio The Aristocrats (with uber-players Guthrie Govan on guitar and Marco Minnemann on drums) he\u2019s a part of one of the hottest acts in rock\/fusion today; their 2019 release You Know What\u2026?<\/em> debuted at #2 on the Billboard Jazz Chart. He toured with Joe Satriani for 11 years, and tracked Satriani\u2019s studio albums\u00a0Shockwave Supernova<\/em>\u00a0(2015) and The Elephants Of Mars <\/em>(2022), as well as the Joe Satriani\/Steve Vai\/Eric Johnson G3 Reunion<\/em> (2025) live album. He was Steve Vai\u2019s choice for the 2009 live CD\/DVD Where The Wild Things Are,<\/em> and he also toured and recorded in the “band” Dethklok, a tongue-in-cheek extreme metal band borne of the hit Cartoon Network “Adult Swim” show Metalocalypse<\/em>. He\u2019s been a musical partner of freak\/genius guitarist Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa) for over 20 years and 10 albums.<\/p>\n

On his own, Beller\u2019s solo album catalog includes 2003\u2019s View<\/em>, 2008\u2019s Thanks In Advance<\/em>, and 2011\u2019s Wednesday Night Live<\/em>, as well as an Alfred instructional DVD, all released to widespread acclaim. His 2019 solo release – the progressive concept double album Scenes From The Flood <\/em>featuring Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Guthrie Govan, Mike Keneally, Gene Hoglan (Dethklok), Ray Hearne (Haken) and many more \u2013<\/em> was hailed by multiple outlets as an instant classic: \u201cA colossal artistic statement and a career triumph…one of the year\u2019s most intriguing and staggering albums, it will for sure end in our 2019 best of lists.\u201d (Scott Medina, Sonic Perspectives<\/em>)<\/p>\n

As a pure player, a composer, a masterclass clinician, a former Contributing Editor for Bass Player<\/em> Magazine, and a former VP of SWR bass amps, Bryan Beller brings a holistic perspective to the world of bass, and music.<\/p>\n

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Bryan Beller has maintained a frenetic, multi-faceted career as a bassist, composer, solo artist, writer and clinician for over twenty-five years.<\/p>\n

Beller\u2019s reputation as a uniquely talented yet supremely tasteful team player for adventurous instrumentally-minded artists is clearly evidenced in his work for some of the industry\u2019s top names. He\u2019s been Joe Satriani\u2019s touring bassist since 2013, notching three world tours (including a G3 with John Petrucci and Phil Collen of Def Leppard), several cuts on Satch\u2019s 2015 release Shockwave Supernova<\/em>, and a feature appearance in Satriani\u2019s tour documentary film Beyond The Supernova<\/em>. More recently, Beller tracked the entire 2022 Satriani album The Elephants Of Mars<\/em> and appeared on the Joe Satriani\/Steve Vai\/Eric Johnson live release G3 Reunion<\/em> (2025) as Joe’s bassist and bassist for the three-guitarist G3 jam. He\u2019s also the bassist of the rock\/fusion super-trio The Aristocrats (with uber-players Guthrie Govan on guitar and Marco Minnemann on drums), one of the hottest acts in the genre today. The Aristocrats released six critically acclaimed albums in five short years, with their sixth (2019\u2019s You Know What\u2026?<\/em>) debuting at #2 on the Billboard Jazz Chart. Their four successful world tours even included joining Satriani and Steve Vai for a G3 run in Europe. This high profile work has landed Beller on the pages of numerous music magazines, including cover features in Bass Player<\/em> and Bass Musician<\/em> magazines.<\/p>\n

As a solo artist, Beller\u2019s most current release (2019) is the epic-scale modern progressive double concept album Scenes From The Flood. <\/em>The massive 2CD\/2LP work gathered an all-star cast of 26 musicians (including Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Guthrie Govan, Mike Keneally, Gene Hoglan (Dethklok), Ray Hearne (Haken), Joe Travers, Nili Brosh, Mike Dawes, Janet Feder, and many more) to explore themes of ambition and loss, intentionality and reality, hope and disillusionment. It uses every second of its 18-song, 88-minute running order to tell an emotionally consuming and unforgettable musical story. Scenes From The Flood <\/em>was hailed by multiple outlets as an instant classic: \u201cA colossal artistic statement and a career triumph…one of the year\u2019s most intriguing and staggering albums, it will for sure end in our 2019 best of lists.\u201d (Scott Medina, Sonic Perspectives<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Before then, Beller released his debut solo album View <\/em>in late 2003 to widespread acclaim, earning the monthly feature in Bass Player<\/em> Magazine (“\u2026it’s a thrill to witness an artist like Beller find his voice with such a self-assured debut…”). His second album Thanks In Advance <\/em>(2008) garnered even more critical praise (\u201c\u2026a bonafide entry for bass album of the year\u201d \u2013 Chris Jisi, Bass Player <\/em>Magazine). Beller\u2019s first live album Wednesday Night Live<\/em> \u2013 a raw, powerful, intimate document of his 2010 touring lineup playing the world-famous Baked Potato in Los Angeles \u2013 was released in 2011 on both CD and DVD. His first instructional DVD, Mastering Tone And Versatility<\/em>, was released by Alfred Publishing in early 2012, and he\u2019s a featured artist on the instructional website Jamplay.com.<\/p>\n

Beller\u2019s additional sideman gig experience includes being Steve Vai\u2019s choice for the 2009 live CD\/DVD Where The Wild Things Are<\/em>, a tour-de-force document of the six-piece Vai live band Beller anchored on bass in 2007. Beller also appears on several Steve Vai albums, notably Inviolate <\/em>(2022), Real Illusions: Reflections <\/em>(2005) and The Ultra-Zone<\/em> (1999). He\u2019s also toured with the “band” Dethklok, a tongue-in-cheek extreme metal band borne of the hit Cartoon Network “Adult Swim” show Metalocalypse<\/em>; Beller\u2019s tracked on the last two Dethklok releases (Dethalbum III<\/em>; The Doomstar Requiem<\/em>) and has joined the band for three nationwide tours to date, alongside metal monsters Mastodon and Machine Head, among others. And he\u2019s been a musical partner of freak\/genius guitarist Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa) for over 17 years and 10 albums.<\/p>\n

Beller’s 16-year span as a freelance writer includes cover stories on bass luminaries such as Justin Chancellor (Tool), Christian McBride, Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) and Chris Wolstenholme (Muse), as well as a landmark cover feature on the state of heavy metal bass involving ten different interviews. In 2010, Beller interviewed former Governor of Arkansas and 2008 Republican Presidential candidate (and part-time bassist) Mike Huckabee for Bass Player Magazine<\/em>. He\u2019s also interviewed a veritable who\u2019s who of the modern bass world: Jonas Hellborg, Victor Wooten, John Patitucci, Lee Sklar, Neil Stubenhaus, Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flatts), Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Nine Inch Nails), Bill Laswell, Jimmy Haslip, Stefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band), Matt Garrison, Adam Nitti, Oteil Burbridge, Dave LaRue, Miroslav Vitous, Billy Sheehan, Emmy-award winning television scorer W.G. “Snuffy” Walden (The West Wing<\/em>), and myriad others.<\/p>\n

Beller\u2019s earliest days on bass were as a Westfield, New Jersey pre-teen on upright in the school orchestra. It was short-lived, as he switched to electric at 13 to better play Rush, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Metallica tunes. Concurrently, a couple of years of classical piano lessons morphed into his own self-taught ear training regimen, as he learned to play those same classic rock and metal songs on the piano completely by ear. Once he landed at Berklee College Of Music, Beller focused solely on bass, and eventually joined a blues-rock band called 100 Proof, which played originals mixed with blues and Allman Brothers covers in Boston\u2019s dirtiest bars. Beller\u2019s rootsy, earthy, groove-oriented approach (as opposed to some of the more shred-oriented players of the time) had found a welcome home \u2013 and the original lineup of the band went on to do interesting things: One (Dylan Altman) wrote a #1 hit song for Tim McGraw; another (Jon Skibic) served as the touring guitarist for The Eels and the Gigolo Aunts; and the other (Ben Sesar) ended up as Brad Paisley\u2019s touring drummer for ten years and counting.<\/p>\n

But it was when Beller met drummer (and Frank Zappa fanatic) Joe Travers at Berklee that his career first ventured onto its current path. Joe knew Mike Keneally, who was in Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa\u2019s band Z. Eventually Joe moved to Los Angeles, joined that band, and got Beller an audition in 1993, which Beller won, thereby entering the world of Zappa-influenced and independently-minded musicians he still calls fellow travelers to this day.<\/p>\n

As a pure player, a composer, a masterclass clinician (sponsored by Mike Lull Custom Basses, Gallien-Krueger Amplification and D\u2019Addario Strings), a former Contributing Editor for Bass Player<\/em> Magazine, and a former Vice-President of SWR Sound Corporation, Beller brings a holistic perspective to the world of bass, and music.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\n\t\tTONIGHT AT THE BAKED POTATO: The debut of PffT! We've been practicing all the notes and now it's time to play them, hopefully in the right order! First show tonight is sold out, but late show is still available, and both shows tomorrow night. Plus Alvas Showroom on Sunday! Hope to see some of you fine folks there.\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t... See More<\/span>See Less<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n\t\n\t\tA WARM PLACE: Most of my ideas for original material come when I'm in places like this. Usually around minute 20, an interesting pattern. The noise of the world slowly diminishes to the point where music can appear. Then, sing it into the voice memo. Collect these moments for months, years. Then, start making demos. Sounds woo but it's true for me. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u2728\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t... See More<\/span>See Less<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n\t\n\t\tNEXT WEEK: The PffT Fusion Tribute debuts at The Baked Potato<\/a> in Los Angeles! Really looking forward to jamming this out with Jonathan, Andrew and MK. Also, this is a *lot* of new material for me, and some on fretless which I only infrequently do. Sure to be some exciting moments in the debut shows - come witness the high wire. (Plus special guest Travis Larson<\/a>!)PffT DEBUT SHOWSWED JULY 15 - THE BAKED POTATO (two shows) - LA, CATHURS JULY 16 - THE BAKED POTATO (two shows) - LA, CASUN JULY 19 - ALVAS - SAN PEDRO, CANote: The Bornemann Theater show in San Marcos has been moved to later in the year - stay tuned for news about more shows...\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t... See More<\/span>See Less<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n\t\n\t\tNEW BLOOD: Later this month I'll be playing The Baked Potato<\/a> doing Andrew Synowiec's original fusion material. Andrew's the guitarist for the PffT Fusion tribute thing we're debuting this month (with Mike Keneally<\/a> and Jonathan Mover), but for those following me who haven't heard of Andrew, look him up - his CV is insane and he's a great player. Julian Ho<\/a> will be on drums, our first gig together. I saw him playing with Artur Menezes<\/a>\/gtr and Pops Magellan\/bass at the Potato and really dug his groove. Excited to play some new stuff with some new cats. \ud83e\udd18\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t... See More<\/span>See Less<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n\t\n\t\tFLASHBACK TO LONDON BACKSTAGE: It was an amazing and unique gathering of folks after the London show on the The Aristocrats<\/a> tour. The KYROS<\/a> crew of Shelby Logan Warne<\/a> (top right), Grace Hayhurst (to Shelby's left) and Gwen Hunter (bottom right); Dave Bainbridge (above me; from the Mike Keneally<\/a> tour last year!), Guthrie Govan (Official)<\/a> (3rd from top left), GG's "Erotic Cakes" engineer Jan Cyrka (second from top left), London show photographer Violeta Rosales (second from bottom right), Nathalie Bouzet (to my left), Sharon Rudolph (bottom left). Not pictured: Ray Hearne<\/a> who left just before this. An epic hang!\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t... See More<\/span>See Less<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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