Janek Gwizdala Podcast
1) Revealing My 2025 YouTube Revenue
To close out the year I’m counting down my top ten YouTube shorts for 2025 and revealing all the numbers from both 2024 and 2025 for comparison. It won’t buy me any beachfront property, but it’s not a...Show More
2) Mike Stern Tour Recap
Looking back on two emotional weeks on the road with Mike Stern's band featuring Dennis Chambers on drums. I'm diving deep into how the new pedalboard held up on tour, how the past creeps into my pres...Show More
3) How I'm Getting the Best Clean Tone I've Ever Had
I can’t believe I haven’t utilized this function on any of the pedals or amps I’ve owned. I’ve been getting so deep into the clean signal of my bass lately, especially with the addition of the Wetter ...Show More
4) Chord Melodies For Bass Players
With a rare trio gig tonight that doesn’t have a chordal instrument besides me in the band, I’m re-booting the partition of my brain that gives me access to a ton of harmony, melody, and comping. All ...Show More
5) Can One Tiny Pedal Make the Difference?
I just built a brand new pedalboard from scratch and share the signal chain and some of the sounds with you in this episode. We also get into some much more important topics on the subject of our heal...Show More
6) Is the Wetter Box The Greatest Pedal Ever?
It’s incredible that a pedal which creates literally no sound at all, can be so sonically life-changing when it comes to my pedalboard and signal chain. The Wetter Box by Gigrig is by no means a new r...Show More
7) Me and Sean Hurley Subbing for Each Other
What happens when things are kind of crumbling on a session and you need the advice of someone who is close to doing more sessions than any other living bass player? You call Sean Hurley.This is the t...Show More
8) Would You MIC the Strings of an ELECTRIC BASS?!
I’m always tinkering with new ways to record and find sounds I’ve never produced before. Today I’m experimenting with ways of using a mic to capture more nuance and articulation in my picking hand whe...Show More
9) Was This The Right Move?
It can be tough to admit you’ve made a mistake or done something wrong, not least of all when it involves something you pretend to actually know a little about.In this week’s episode I come clean abou...Show More
10) The New RKM 5-Strings are FINISHED!
My collaboration with RKM basses is now shipping to the lucky few who were able to grab one in our short run of the instrument. In today’s episode I go into some detail about the venture with RKM, pla...Show More