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This is a bass photo from a Flickr user named Sophie. She takes a lot of very beautiful and interesting photos:
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Bass blog reader Andrew Harmon passed along a link to this cat video recently. This one’s a real classic, so you may have seen it if you’ve spent a fair amount of time on YouTube. Either way, it’s worth a view. Real? Well, based on what my kitties do every [...]

Contrabass Conversations listeners will probably be familiar with this selection from the fabulous composer and bassist (and all around great guy) David Anderson. John Grillo played it on his Recital Showcase as well as on episode 6 of the podcast. Dave and I played together at the Britt Music Festival about six years [...]

I just instituted the first of what will likely be many bass blog polls in the sidebar, just below the podcast player and Twitter box. Please vote and let me know what you think! Longtime blog readers (late 2005/early 2006) will remember that I had a set of about 10 rotating polls on [...]

There are some server issues causing problems displaying the ever popular bass blog tabs at the top of the site. The words are there, but alas, the tabs are not, so sit tight and you’ll soon be graced with them again.
Update - All fixed after a brief session of tearing out my hair and [...]

I wrote a post a few days ago about a recent study by the NAMM association on student music program participation and overall academic achievement. I somehow missed my IRIS Orchestra colleague and blogger Joshua Nemith’s post about the same subject. You can check out this excellent post from Josh here.
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Recently Posted Double Bass Auditions for July 2007
Allentown Symphony OrchestraDOUBLE BASS - Double Bass (Section)Resume Date - September 4, 2007Audition Date - September 16, 2007Starting Date - ImmediateSalary/Benefits - $81.50 per service travelGeneral Information - Prepare excerpts from a pre-determined repertoire list, a solo piece of your choice, and possibly some sight reading. Candidates should [...]

A recent post on the Music Teacher’s Helper blog led me to this recent study conducted by NAMM, the association for music manufacturers and retailers. It shows a strong correlation between the presence of quality music programs (not just having music programs) and the overall academic achievement within schools. Some statistics:
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Here is the next track in the Virtual Master Class Project. This is a recording of the Beethoven 9 recitative. Leave criticism, advice, practice tips, and the like by clicking on the ‘comments’ link below the player.
Sometimes these players take 10-20 seconds to load, so give it a little time to play if it doesn’t [...]

This is a brief video of a bassist named Gaelan Gaelen playing the first movement of the Vanhal Concerto in C Major. She begins playing after a little banter with the guy behind the camera. Short, but quite nice playing.

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