Britney Spears Fugue

This is a clever video created by Danielpi that I just discovered on YouTube. He takes Britney Spears’ “Oops…I did it again” and turns it into a fugue. He made it for a class project, and it is very cleverly done. I especially like the middle...

Tackling the "Amati" bass – Part I

The very first double bass soloist I ever heard live was the extraordinary double bassist Gary Karr. I was fifteen years old and had only been playing the bass for a year. Gary Karr was playing with my hometown symphony orchestra (the South Dakota Symphony), and my...