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Wylie Gelber From Dawes On This Month’s Groove – The No Treble Podcast

Wylie Gelber is this month’s conversation on Groove – The No Treble Podcast.

You can listen the new episode right here: Groove – The No Treble Podcast – Episode #70 – Wylie Gelber.

Who is Wylie Gelber?

If you Google Wylie Gelber, this is all you get: “Wylie Gelber (born May 13, 1988) is a professional bassist and bass maker from Los Angeles, California.” You can dig a little deeper, but the well doesn’t go much further down. We know that he’s the bass player from Dawes. We know that he dropped out of high school to tour with Simon Dawes in a “post-punk” band (that band eventually became Dawes). We know that he also operates Gelber & Sons, a Los Angeles company that makes basses and guitars. There are other smatterings, but the story – and you will have to listen to this episode to believe it – is about a million times more fascinating and surprising. (and one that Wylie has never told). Confession: I believe that the Dawes song, All Your Favorite Bands, from the 2015 album of the same name may well be one of my favorite songs of all time. Wylie’s life is a story that could only come out of Los Angeles. His high school Principal recommended that he drop out (listen to find out why). He played famed rock clubs like The Roxy when he was still in his teens (listen to find out how). His father in law is one of the most famous rock bass players in the wold (listen to find out who). He started making a bass just for fun (listen to find out why he’s regarded as one of the better luthiers out there). Dawes is about to release their seventh studio album, it’s aptly titled Good Luck With Whatever. Get ready for a rock ‘n roll wild ride. Enjoy the conversation…

What is Groove – The No Treble Podcast?

This is an ambitious effort. This will be a fascinating conversation. Our goal at Groove is to build the largest oral history of bass players. Why Groove? Most of the content about the bass revolves around gear, playing techniques, and more technical chatter. For us, bassists are creative artists with stories to tell. They are a force to be reckon with. These are the stories and conversation that we will capture. To create this oral history of why these artists chose the bass, what their creative lives are like, and where inspiration can be found.

Listen in: Groove – The No Treble Podcast – Episode #70 – Wylie Gelber.

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Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.