Here’s a video of Gary Karr describing the history of the ‘Amati’ double bass. Gary talks about the origins of this bass (further research of the instrument has shown that it was not likely to have been made by the Amati brothers) and how it came to...
“Publish my stuff? Online? What…..do you mean my writing?” “You’ve got to be kidding me!” “It’s just………..not…..good enough yet!” If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past...
Bass blog contributor Benjy sent me a link to this video of Orca the cat demolishing a roll of toilet paper. I’ve definitely seen my cats do this kind of thing, although not to this extent! Incidentally, I checked the archives before putting this video out...
Dominican Symphony Orchestra bassist Velibor Veljkovic sent me a message recently in search of more information about the Klauss Stoll and Jorg Baumann recording of the Bottesini Passione Amorosa. It sounds like this CD is out of print, and he is having a hard...
