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Hey Janek, I was wondering what life was like for the first year or so after moving to NYC for the first time trying to make it as a bass player. I just graduated Berklee and moved to NYC and as for many, the work is slow. It would be great if you could shed some light on struggling at first...

Hey Janek, I was wondering, when your overseas, what do you request for a backline/what are your backline needs on the road? Do you even run into some common problems? Thanks James

Janek, Been watching some of the recent youtube videos up of you, continuously inspirational stuff. I was wondering if you shed some light on some of the effects you were using in this video: YouTube - Janek Gwizdala with Gary Husband: London Bass Guitar Show - Track 3 particularly at...

Hey Janek, I'm wondering what you do to get prepared for a studio session especially with your own band. Could you walk us through what you go through and your process the week of recording with your group? Would be great to hear what you do to prepare for something like this. Thanks! James

Janek, Was able to catch you at the TC and Fodera booths at NAMM. Great stuff as always! I remember you jamming with Hadrien on one tune but I can't for the life of me remember the name of it and its driving me crazy. All I remember is at the end of the tune there's a V chord turnaround for 8...

Hey Janek, Just got the album, really great stuff again! I was wondering if the charts for the album were going to be available and if so, when and how can I get them! Thanks for all of the great music. James

Janek, When someone asks you what kind of music you write, how do you answer them? I've always wondered how you would describe your music to someone who's never heard it before. Thanks for the insight! James

Janek, I remember you mentioning that you fly with US Airways. What has been your experience with traveling on US with your bass? Have they been helpful when it comes to the care of your instrument? Also, if you could give any insight on why US is your preference, that'd be great as well...

Janek, I was curious about how you got the VV Brown and JEM gigs. These are both great artists and I really dig what you've been doin with em! I know they're both UK artists, does that have anything to do with you getting the call for it? Also, I'm wondering what goes into accepting a gig on...

Janek, Just watched this video of you with Wayne Krantz and Peter Erskine: Really inspirational playing and love the tune! I'm having a bit of trouble with it though. I know the solos are all over a minor blues, but the melody has some changes in the bridge that I can't quite pick out...

Janek, Hope the tours going well, been checking out the pictures, looks amazing! It's a crime not to post these concerts on Art on Earth! haha. I was wondering though, I'm currently a music student in NYC and was wondering what your life was like when you were 21 and how you got to where you...

Janek, I was wondering if you would every consider recording and uploading your clinics for purchase on Art On Earth. I'd definitely shell out the money to hear them and I'm sure plenty of other people would to. Let me know what you think! James

Janek, Are you recording the tour and putting it up on Art on Earth? It'd be great to hear what you do with the group this time out! Thanks again for all the great music. James

Janek, In the Bass player live video were you're playing Song For Bilbao with Hadrien, Otmaro, and Tom, I noticed you were using a delay pedal which looked like a nova delay. I just bought one recently and can't seem to dial in any good sounds, I was wondering what setting you used to get...

Hey TB'ers, I'm listening to Hadrien's CD and am having a really hard time figuring out the progressions to the tune "Rumeurs". The whole CD is actually really giving me a hard time so if anyone could share any progressions from the CD they've figured out or have any help for that one tune...

Janek, On Mystery to Me, were you running the bass only DI or did you run it DI and mic an amp as well? I use a fodera and noticed that when I run it DI only in a studio, I lose a little punch and depth. What's your strategy when going into a studio and running your fodera DI only? Any tips...

Janek, I was wondering what you do about gear on tour. I know you and Jojo have some good endorsements with companies that can provide backlines for most of your gigs, but do you ever book gigs that don't have the backline provided in one way or another? Also, what would you recommend for...

Janek, After leaving Berklee, I was wondering what you consider to be the point where you generally started feeling successful as a musician and how your relationship and endorsement with Fodera began. Thanks! James

Janek, I was just curious, how did you meet Oli and Justin and how did you end up having them on Live at the 55 Bar? Really unique sounds and approaches! Also if you could explain why you chose the players on your albums and what you look for in a musician to be in your band, that'd be great...

Janek, I'll be going into the studio to record some of my own compositions soon and was thinking of tracking the entire album live, much like your first album (probably without the audience though). I was wondering what your experience was mixing Mystery to Me and how much of a role did you...

Janek, I noticed you booked the Penang Jazz Festival and the London Jazz Festival. Do you normally have to be invited to festivals or do you submit press kits to them just like any other venue? I remember you saying that tours are often booked around a festival because they pay the best, is...

Janek, I was wondering if you send press kits to all or most of the venues that you book around the UK area. I know some places require them and some don't, I was just wondering what your overall experience is and if you don't mind sharing what you send in and with your press kit that would...

Janek, How do you approach giving clinics? I haven't been to one of yours but I'm hoping to catch one in the near future! Also, what sort of topics do you always try and touch on and what are some of the things you try and accomplish in every clinic you give? Thanks again for everything. James

Janek, What do you do in terms of promotion for your tours? Is packing houses every night mostly attributed to just being a big name artist? Thanks! James

Janek, I just did the math for just the flights only for the UK tour you just went on and it totals to almost $2000 per person just for the flights! I was wondering how you come out of a tour like that with some profit. Do you just have to pack every house you play to actually make anything...

Janek, I noticed you took the T.C. Electronic's G-System with you on tour. I was wondering what you thought about it in general and how it performed on the road. Also anything else you may have to say about it. Thanks! James

Janek, I really dig your beanies, especially the one your wearing on the main page of your website. Would you mind sharing where you bought it? Do you have a favorite store for these kinds of these things? Thanks! James

Hey Janek, I was wondering what your process is for recording your bass into protools, for instance over a track or in a session someone sends you to overdub on and/or on sessions your the leader on. Do you just run the bass direct into pro tools through an interface if your recording at...

Hey Janek, I've been following you on twitter, and noticed you mentioned you finished writing some new tunes for the tour. I was wondering if any of them are going to be recorded and available in your store? I'm definitely excited to hear the new stuff! Thanks. James

Janek, Recently I've just gone into this musical depression where I'm just not motivated at all to shed or do anything musical. I'm currently a student at Berklee and I don't know what it is but in this completely musical environment I just don't feel like immersing myself. I have a lot of...

Janek, I was wondering what sort of obstacles you encountered when you first started composing and what your experience was like when you first started. What advice would you give to an aspiring jazz composer who's just getting started? Thanks! James

Janek, I was curious as to what your background in composition was before you came up with all of the tunes for Mystery to Me. Were you constantly composing before or did you just start hearing these melodies and have the ability to create compositions out of them? What do you believe it...

Janek, I've really been grooving to Four Brothers a lot lately and I was wondering how you approach soloing over these changes. Do you generally just think F Aeolian and go where your ear takes you or do you think of each phrase being unique to each chord change or is it something else? Thanks...

Janek, I walked onto a gig today and had a complex latin chart put in front of me that was a bit too much for me to handle. I was messing up some of the figures and found that I had to focus so hard on counting and just getting the chart down with the right notes that I didn't even feel like...

Hey Janek, I'm listening to the Four Brothers groove and I was wondering how you organize this chart out (if there even was one). Do you consider it being 2 chords per measure or one chord per measure but in half-time? Also, could you tell me what the chord progression is for the verse and...

Janek, I'd like to know what your take is on the importance of memorizing standards and being able to play them from memory in several keys. Do you have many standards memorized? What do you believe the benefits are from having a repertoire of standards memorized? Any insight you can give on...

Janek, I'm primarily a jazz musician, however, I've recently been asked to play a lot of pop gigs and I'm really digging it. I have some good ideas but I'd really like to delve deeper into producing and being able to hear a rough track and have suggestions that will really have a positive...

Hey Janek, I have a nice gig coming up for a crowd of about 1600 (these types of gigs don't come around too often for me haha) and I know there's going to be a professional crew with experienced engineers, techies, etc. I was wondering what you generally take into an account during a...

Hey Janek, I've been listening to your tunes and have been picking a lot of things out that I like by ear and applying it to my instrument and transcribing. I'm having a bit of trouble though. I've been at it for a while, and I can't seem to figure out the changes to Time Stands Still. I've...

Hey Janek, Huge fan of your music! I noticed your booking tour dates pretty often and I was wondering what you go through to actually book these dates. Do you have a booking agent or do you do your own booking? What steps do you take when you decide to book a tour from start to finish? It'd...