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This is the second movement of the Koussevitzky Concerto as performed by Iztok Hrastnik. Bass blog reader Jake Siener sent me a link to this video, along with a link to the first movement of this concerto performance:

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François Péloquin performs Koussevitzy Concerto
Gary Karr plays Van Goens
Guy Tuneh plays Rossini
l’orchestre de contrebasses
Juan Gregorio [...]

Here is some information for an upcoming Ann Arbor Symphony audition. Interestingly, they are providing links to copies of some of the audition repertoire, so even if you aren’t taking this audition, you may want to go ahead and download the repertoire files below if you’relooking to expand your double bass music library. [...]

Double bassist Kells Nollenberger took this shot of me while interviewing Time for Three bassist Ranaan Meyer for this week’s Contrabass Conversations podcast. I’m doing a conference call over Skype with bassist John Grillo and Ranaan, and recording the whole thing with HotRecorder:
I’ve got my earbuds in while doing this interview, and Kells is [...]

My cats love the fresh air, but we live in an urban area. That’s when a cat stroller comes in handy! I took this video today around Evanston. I originally planned to take them to see the Fourth of July parade up around my place (like they’d care), but I decided that [...]

As a subscriber to many different email lists, I receive news and commentary on many subjects, and occasionally come across several worth sharing. Jonathon Dunford wrote about an experience while working in the Paris museum. This is the same museum where the Octobass resides. The octobass was a large bass constructed in 1850 in Paris [...]

Double bass luthier James Condino (also available in our luthier directory) sent me this photo of an early 1930s Alcoa aluminum bass that has been fully polished for the blinding stage effect:
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Strollin’ Down the River
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Double bass cake

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August 6th will mark the launch of what promises to be a very interesting new resource for jazz double bassists. JazzDoubleBass.com promises to:

provide a meeting place for exchanges of opinions, ideas and material;
provide an educational resource for all levels of Jazz Double Bassist;
help to maintain and widen interest in Jazz Double Bass

Those sound like [...]

This news item may be of possible interest to some readers out there. BassGirls.com, a magazine devoted to profiling female bassists (mainly electric at present), is putting their site up for sale. They write:
For personal reasons, we have decided to offer this complete website, domain name, archives, photos, passwords (and hosting paid until [...]

I stumbled upon the following video while visiting Blogging Basics 101. It clearly and cleverly explains the reasons why one should subscribe to blogs, what that term actually means, and how to go about doing it. It also mentions Google Reader, my favorite RSS reader:

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Taking the bass community to the next level
Blogging [...]

I’ve been noticing a real uptick in traffic after redesigning the Contrabass Conversations website. If you haven’t checked it out, take a look and let me know what you think! I’ve got some more plans for increased usability in the future, but I think that it is a real step forward from the [...]