Great responses to ‘Making a Living’

We’ve had some excellent comments from readers to Bill Harrison’s ‘Making a Living’ blog post last week. I have yet to craft my own response to Bill’s question, but I’m working on it. Here are a few comments from this post in...

Any double bass flight trunks for sale?

Former New World Symphony bassist Andy Giller is looking for a double bass flight trunk for sale large enough to fit a full-size bass. Any readers out there looking to sell a bass trunk? If so, please get in touch (leave a comment or click the contact button in the...

Corin Long memorial concert beng organized

Royal Philharmonic principal bassist Corin Long died in a tragic accident earlier this year, and his sister Vanessa is organizing a memorial concert for Corin and their other Sheila. She wrote to me recently inquiring if I might spread the word about this event,...

Great Bottesini photo from Benjy

Regular bass blog contributor Benjy sent in this great photo from an old International Society of Bassists journal that he scanned, retouched, and framed. Benjy writes: I’m sure that it will amuse the bass community- we can actually count the number of strings...