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by Bryan Beller

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Bear Divide 02:33
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Elate 01:32
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Backwoods 03:37
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Bite 03:54
It’s too late to promise me – cause I know what you’ve tried to be And I know you like to lie You kick you scream you beg and shout Just to turn me inside out Another dying in your mouth And when you come to save me Don’t watch me fade away And though I know you’re nothing new No one hurts me like you do when you Bite down on me It’s a taste made up of red – leaves a flavor in your bed When it goes right to your head And when you come to take me Don’t watch me fade away And though I know you’re nothing new No one hurts me like you do when you Bite down on me You – Bite down on me Though I know you’re nothing new No one kills me like you do when you Bite down You bite down You bite down on me I’m okay – you’re okay – ok? I’m okay – you’re ok (It's better for me if you let me do something to you... you really don't want to be involved with me... there's this thing that happens, at like, four months… it's not you, it's me, really... it's like sticking it right into her brain... I'd better hit that self-destruct button between my legs.) Your feather/razor touch Is barely just too much Come enslave me And watch me fade away And though I know you’re nothing new No one hurts me like you do when you Bite down on me You – Bite down on me Though I know you’re nothing new No one kills me like you do when you Bite down You bite down You bite down on me You bite down You bite down You bite down on me
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Projectile 01:35
I know what you want Because you told me But there is something I think you owe me So what do I want? Why don't you tell me Why don't you tell me Why can't you tell me? Why can't you tell me? Why can't you tell me? Why can't you sell me? Don't f*cking tell me Don't f*cking tell me Don't f*cking tell me Don't f*cking tell me Just stay beneath me You don't belong here You don't belong here You don't belong here You won't be long here
10.
Wildflower 04:49
I'm only down here for a show You know It's only right that I should go I know Although We know What's so Something I simply can't outgrow So long Ago And yet my soul remains aglow But no I'll go (at least that much to you I owe) And show The love Unto myself I can't bestow I belong right here
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No 04:12
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View 05:49

about

Long known as a uniquely talented yet tasteful hired gun bassist for the more adventurous rock guitarists of recent times (Mike Keneally, Steve Vai, Dweezil Zappa, Wayne Kramer), Bryan Beller ventures out on his own with his debut solo album, "View".

Those familiar with his main body of work - nine years, five albums and countless tours with former Frank Zappa guitarist Mike Keneally - are well aware of his ability to navigate the complex, sometimes impossibly dense forms and styles present in Keneally's work...all with the polish, simplicity and accessibility one might expect from a pop bassline. Both a repeat feature subject and three-year columnist for Bass Player Magazine, Beller has long drawn the attention of music fans with a discriminating taste for high-caliber playing.

But far from aspiring to bass heroism, Beller instead builds a carefully crafted emotional tapestry of interweaving themes and styles - a true album in the old-fashioned sense. Drawing on influences as disparate as John Scofield and Rage Against The Machine, Michael Landau and Pink Floyd, Nine Inch Nails and his mentor, Mike Keneally, the resulting body of work runs the gamut from hardcore jazz/rock to vocal pop to world beat while somehow staying thematically intact, all the while displaying equal parts density and sensitivity, melody and dissonance, tranquility and furious release.

Musicians include guitarists Mike Keneally, Rick Musallam (Ben Taylor Band), Griff Peters and Yogi; drummers Toss Panos (Toy Matinee, Steve Vai) and Joe Travers (Dweezil Zappa, Lisa Loeb).

"Just when you thought Beller couldn't possibly be good at another thing, he releases a solo album so good it makes you wonder why he bothered doing anything else...View shows how terrific Beller is as a bassist, but it also establishes his real musical talent as a writer. It's a thrill to witness an artist like Beller find his voice with such a self-assured debut." - Bill Leigh, Bass Player Magazine

"Seven Percent Grade shows that charging fingerstyle fusion is as comfortable for [Beller] as a fine rock riff...and both "Bite" and "See You Next Tuesday" show he can rock with the best....Inventive solo pieces such as "Elate" & "No" show that Beller isn't going to fall into any clichés either. Inventive and creative, View end[s] up as a complete and compelling album, which I'm still enjoying right now." - Adrian Ashton, Bass Guitar Magazine (U.K.)

"Bryan is one of those bass players who just knows how to put the right note in the right place at the right time...monster playing and good vibes." - Michael Manring (solo artist, Attention Deficit)

"A unique blend of solid old school playing with modern sensibility and lots of edge." - Andy West (Dixie Dregs)

"Every expectation you may have about this album is going to be blown clear out of the water when you hear it. It's really, really good, unique and intricate and ballsy and beautifully performed." - Mike Keneally

Find out much, much more at www.bryanbeller.com

credits

released October 28, 2003

all music and lyrics written by Bryan Beller
© 2003 Panorama Ataraxia Music BMI
except

*Backwoods
music by John Patitucci
© 1990 Universal MCA Music

**Bite
music by Wes Wehmiller
lyrics by Colin Keenan
© 1995 Maximum Music BMI

produced by Bryan Beller
recorded and mixed by Nick D'Virgilio
additional engineering and key Pro Tools engineering by Ed Monsef

tracked and mixed at
Lawnmower Studio and Garden Supplies
Pasadena, CA, April-June 2003
key editing performed at
Ear Kandy Studio, Toluca Lake, CA
mastered by Jay Frigoletto at
Mastersuite, Hollywood, CA

art design and title concept by Katy Towell

road photography by Wes Wehmiller
cityscape photo in cover window by Stanley Leary
© Georgia Tech Research Corporation/Georgia Institute of Technology
sound effects - Creative Sound Design/The Recordist.com
documentation and cartage – Wayne Perez
charts – Chris Opperman
movie dialogue excerpts from "in the company of men" © 1998 Columbia/Tristar Studios
additional sound effects - Wayne Perez and Ed Monsef of Team Burl Core, LLC (Respect Division)

Mike Keneally appears courtesy of Exowax Recordings

Rick Musallam uses: Fender guitars, Taylor acoustic guitars, D'addario strings, Planet Waves cables, DigiTech
Mike Keneally uses: Fender guitars, Taylor acoustic guitars, Rivera amplifiers, Dean Markley strings
Wes Wehmiller uses: SWR amplification, La Bella strings
Fausto Cuevas uses: Latin Percussion, Zildjan cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Remo heads
Griff Peters uses: Carruthers guitars, Taylor acoustic guitars, Fender amps, SWR, Fulltone pedals, GHS strings
Joe Travers uses: DW drums, Zildjan cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Remo heads
Toss Panos uses: DW drums, Paiste cymbals, Remo heads, Regal Tip sticks
Bryan Beller uses: SWR amplification, Mike Lull basses, D'addario strings, Taylor acoustic/electric basses

thanks and love to everyone who helped make this a reality and to all who provided support along the way

thanks are not enough: Daryl Jamison, Martha C. Lawrence, my family, Katy Towell

(c) 2003 Onion Boy Records, All Rights Reserved.

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Bryan Beller Los Angeles, California

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. His first new solo studio work in 10 years - an epic-scale progressive concept double album, entitled "Scenes From The Flood" – is set for a Fall 2019 release. ... more

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