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This is just a quick reminder that I am always looking for more tracks for the Virtual Master Class project. Click here to listen to and comment on the tracks already included in the project, and click here to read more about the project. You can e-mail me tracks (jsh177@yahoo.com). All [...]

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While recording this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode featuring Michael Hovnanian, I inadvertently fumbled the Gunnelpumpers and Chicago Bass Ensemble introductions, somehow mixing the two together. To clarify, the track that I played on the show was ‘Floobah I’ by the Gunnelpumpers, and the double bass player featured on this track was Gunnelpumpers member Matthew [...]

….then check out this video about the state of the festival. It’s kind of like an infomercial for Aspen (it reminds me of the Troy McClure videos from The Simpsons), but it gives you a good idea of what goes on at Aspen, and it may just pump you up for the festival if [...]

While poking around online looking for biographical information about Michael Hovnanian for our Contrabass Conversations interview, I stumbled upon one of the most bizarre blogs I have ever seen. The title of the blog is:
Michael Hovnanian’s Fingerings are Wrong!Where Sensible Bass Players Try to Right the Mostrous Evil Being Done on Michael Hovnanian’s CSO [...]

National Symphony Orchestra Principal Bassist Robert Oppelt just put up a new post on his website covering his approach to the bass solo from the third movement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D Major. Here is an excerpt discussing his fingering approach for the Mahler solo:

So, why is this solo so challenging? [...]

I found this photo on the excellent blog Dark Roasted Blend. What do you think this sign means?
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Colin, concert de Chozpareï place des Beaux Arts à Montpellier (31 mars 2007)
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Franz Simandl in full battle gear
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The Singapore-based bass ensemble d’Bassists performs Tchaikovsky’s Neapolitanian Dance from Swan Lake at a recent live performance on this video:

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This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an interview with double bassist Michael Hovnanian. Michael has been a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1989, and he serves as the president of Discordia Music (double bass music publisher). Michael also plays for the Gunnelpumpers, Chicago Bass Ensemble, Music of the Baroque, and the [...]