Upright Citizens
Hosted by Bob and Reuben · Reuben Rogers & Bob DeBoo
5.0from 81 ratings
- 132
- Episodes
- 8
- Transcribed
- 81
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Upright Citizens
Upright Citizens is the podcast where two professional bassists - Bob DeBoo and Reuben Rogers - talk music from the bottom up. Every episode breaks down a real technique, a real recording, or a real story from a career on the road and in the studio, so you walk away with something you can actually put into your hands that day. Expect deep dives on walking bass lines, swing, groove, and tone, interviews with legendary artists, road stories that are actually funny, and straight talk on practicing and listening better. Whether you play upright, electric, or just love the low end, this is where two bass nerds figure it out. New episodes monthly, in audio and video.
- Publisher
- Reuben Rogers & Bob DeBoo
- Category
- music · music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Apr 2021
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
8 of 132 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Only Have 15 Minutes? What Pro Bassists Actually Practice
1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Learn New Music Fast (And Make It Sound Like You've Always Known It!)
4 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Your Bass Lines Don't Swing (The Ron Carter Secret!)
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Only Have 15 Minutes? What Pro Bassists Actually Practice
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Whether it be trying to figure out those target notes. Yeah. Right. Or getting just a little more familiar with it, with it. the fingerboard in general, whatever that looks from your exercises you were talking about, but really focusing on the small parts of this whole, the sound. Yes, yeah. And the intonation. Definitely. Those are probably the biggest things that you want in your practice routine, whatever that is. Another thing I didn't say before, in my 15 minutes usually is definitely some bowing. Yeah. You know, especially on new instrument. And a lot of times it's a new bow. I just told this to someone the other day. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 41 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 40 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 21 / 100
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- Quality
- 8
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Upright Citizens?
Bob and Reuben host the show. Published by Reuben Rogers & Bob DeBoo.
How often do new episodes come out?
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