- 22
- Episodes
- 1
- Transcribed
- 36
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Four Strings and the Truth
"Four Strings and the Truth: The Bassists Who Changed Music" features intimate conversations with players who have changed the course of the music that came after them, and continue to do so. We'll uncover their four-string mindset - their influences, approach, artistic practice, and how they go about practicing, playing, composing songs, being in a band and living their lives. Host Sandy Smallens, an indie- and major label-recording artist and bassist of 40-plus years, shines a light on the sometimes unsung (or at least under-sung) heroes who continue to redefine the bass's role in contemporary music, channeling his experience as a music writer and founder of Spotify's original content department. Check out the official pod playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2NJT1Dpc6eGi09uJOuQWKs?si=4d76eeff2b5c4615. Theme music: "TRIBES" by Surface Wound. To purchase that track, check out: https://surfacewound.bandcamp.com. Yell at me here: fourstringspod@gmail.com "Four Strings and the Truth" is an Audiation Original production.
- Publisher
- Sandy Smallens
- Category
- music · music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Feb 2024
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
1 of 22 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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"Loud Bands Playing Terrible Music" - The Bass-Forward Bands of Caterwaul
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Obviously, I mean, we've already mentioned it. You've risen to prominence in a very, very well-known and amazing band, Shiner, where you're the lead songwriter, singer and guitarist. Yeah. And I was wondering at what point in your sort of musical evolution of these many years, you started thinking about the bass as a compositional instrument. Um, you know, actually bass was my first instrument and that was the one I, that was my main instrument in college. And I kind of branched into classical. My, I had an acoustic guitar when I was in sophomore year in high school, it got stolen. And then I talked my folks into buying me this precision jazz bass. […]
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- Lou Barlow
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 22 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.1 / 5
- 14 ratings
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- 33
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- 0
- YouTube
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- Engagement
- 96
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