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Upright bassist Djordje Stijepovic (Atomic Sunset, Head Cat) performs solo the song “Atomic Boogie”, combining pizzicato and slap technique. You can check him out at www.djordjestijepovic.com.

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Jaco Pastorius plays Portrait of Tracy
Christian McBride - two bass soli
Ray Brown solo from Black Orpheus
Eddie Gomez bass solo
Charlie Haden performs Speak Low

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This story was in the New York Times earlier this week:

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced yesterday that the city’s Department of Education will require all schools to maintain arts programs, and that principals will be rated in their annual reviews on how well they run those programs. The [...]

Playing gut strings on the Old Crow Medicine Show:
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Automated Musical Instruments - my Dark Roasted Blend post
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Guy Tuneh and Miloslav Gajdos
Edgar Meyer in action
Bass Hedge

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I just wrote a post on Automated Musical Instruments for Dark Roasted Blend, one of my favorite blogs. I’ve blogged frequently about this great photo blog in the past, and it is a real honor to get a chance to put something together for them! I’d encourage readers to check out this post [...]

This is the second installment in This Crazy Business, a multi-part analysis of both the challenges that performing musicians face and the psychological reasons why we tolerate these challenges. This series is based on my observations as a full-time freelance classical musician, and builds upon the ideas and considerations presented in Road Warrior Without [...]

I just read an interesting post on Joshua Nemith’s Cincinnati Pianist Blog about the benefits of scheduling shorter and more informal concerts, like concerts at a patron’s home or other such intimate venue. Josh mentions having participated in these sort of events for different organizations in the past, and he highlights some of the [...]

This video was taken in Athens, Georgia, and features an mini-orchestra of basses (always an impressive sight and sound) playing a rendition of Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles. I especially like the guy in the blue shirt who doesn’t play for half the video but just stands there ‘rocking out’ to the music.

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Contrabass Conversations regular collaborator John Grillo recently sent me a link to this story about Nancy Donaruma, a 59 year old New York Philharmonic cellist who is quitting the orchestra to become a full-time paramedic:

After 31 years in the top-tier orchestra, playing with conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta and Lorin Maazel, the 59-year-old cellist [...]

I’d like to welcome jazz bassist Bill Harrison to the doublebassblog.org writing staff. An active double bassist and educator, Bill is the owner of PlayJazzNow.com, the world’s only source for downloadable play-along tracks, and he maintains a blog called Jazz Underneath.
Bill is a prolific and insightful writer, and I urge readers to check out [...]

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A bassist takes a little break at a jazz festival:

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Crazy musical instrument catalogue
DePaul Symphony Orchestra bass section
Pencil drawing of double bass
The other kind of double bass
Cats in action

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