Whynot Jansveld — Bassist

With The WallflowersPhoto: Alicia Hauff

With The Wallflowers, Eric Clapton, Roger McGuinn

With The Wallflowers, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills

With The WallflowersPhoto: Jeff Crespi

With The Wallflowers

With The WallflowersPhoto: @wallflowers_and

With Matchbox Twenty

With Matchbox Twenty Photo: Jim Trocchio

With Matchbox Twenty

With Matchbox Twenty Photo: Jim Trocchio

With Matchbox Twenty

With Matchbox Twenty Photo: Jim Trocchio

With Matchbox Twenty

With Matchbox Twenty Photo: Jim Trocchio

Photo: Hiroki Nishioka

With Aaron Lee Tasjan

With Butch Walker

Photo: Joey Martinez

Whynot Jansveld has spent his musical life in the company of the best. Currently on bass with The Wallflowers, he has performed, recorded, and toured around the world with Richard Marx, Matchbox Twenty, Butch Walker, Sara Bareilles, Natasha Bedingfield, Gavin DeGraw, Kate Hudson, Aaron Lee Tasjan, The Weepies, Brett Dennen, Wayne Krantz, Crash Test Dummies, and many others, and worked with acclaimed producers like Linda Perry, David Kahne, Rob Schnapf, Neil Dorfsman, John O'Mahony, and Butch Walker.

From taking the stage at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival alongside Clapton, Stephen Stills, and Roger McGuinn, touring arenas in Japan with rock star Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, to regularly appearing at storied Los Angeles venues like the Baked Potato with Val McCallum and Michael Landau — the through-line is always the music.

Selected Discography

The Wallflowers

The Wallflowers

Exit Wounds

'I'll Let You Down (But Will Not Give You up)' (bass)

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Linda Perry

Linda Perry

Let It Die Here

'Feathers In A Storm' (bass)

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Citizen Penn

Bono

Citizen Penn Orig. Soundtrack

'Eden (To Find Love)' (bass)

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Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson

Glorious

'Love Ain't Easy' (bass)

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Aaron Lee Tasjan

Aaron Lee Tasjan

Stellar Evolution

'Bird' (bass, keys, programming)

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Butch Walker as… Glenn

Butch Walker

Butch Walker as… Glenn

'Leather Weather' (bass)

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Sara Bareilles

Sara Bareilles

The Blessed Unrest (Deluxe Ed)

'Parking Lot' (bass)

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David Mead

David Mead

January, San Fernando

'Irrelevant' (bass, backing vocals)

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The Weepies

The Weepies

Say I Am You

'Riga Girls' (bass)

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Hideaway

The Weepies

Hideaway

'Little Bird' (fretless bass)

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Adam Levy

Adam Levy

Portuguese Subtitles

'Flood It With Light' (bass)

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Alex Dezen

Alex Dezen

3/4

'Crying Our Hearts Out' (bass)

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Video

The Wallflowers

'Roots and Wings'

Good Morning America

Richard Marx

'Don't Mean Nothing'

Audience Network TV Special

Aaron Lee Tasjan

'Little Movies'

Conan O'Brien

Aaron Lee Tasjan

'Hard Life'

Jam In The Van

Butch Walker

'Wilder in the Heart'

Audience Network TV Special

Contact

Let's talk about remote recording. I have an extensive collection of '50s and '60s Fender, Gibson, and Höfner basses — fretted and fretless — along with choice preamps, vintage Ampeg bass amps, and a pristine Apogee recording setup, and would love to help you find the foundation your song needs.

I have a knack for finding that bass part that anchors and supports the tune, but simultaneously lifts it up and turns your ear. I love finding the spots where I can be melodic and surprising, but do it in a way that makes you feel like that bass line always belonged there.

Drop me a line if you'd like to explore further.

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