This photo of Domenico Dragonetti’s Gasparo da Salò comes from Italian bassist Vito Liuzzi. Note the broad shoulders, richly colored varnish, and three string set-up. A student of mine recently performed the Dragonetti Concerto with orchestra, and he...
…on the birth of Eli, their second son! Andy plays bass for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, teaches at Roosevelt University, and is a regular contributor to the Contrabass Conversations podcast. He also happens to be a dear friend, and I wish him and his...
Making a mushroom, onion, and jalape # Watching Bill Friedkin’s movie ‘Bug’ with Courtney. # Watching some streaming Netflix movies with Courtney. # Huddled inside trying to avoid the Arctic air. I’ll be running around outside all day later...
Double Bass Padawan: I Got a Bass Lift From double bass blogger Ben Huff: “Have you ever had somebody give you a compliment that you totally didn’t expect? Say, for example, you went to get a haircut, and the lady chopped way too much of your hair off...
Saving and uploading this week’s podcast. Podcasts take a long time to put together, a fact that I remember each week when I do one. # Watching ‘House of Games’ with Courtney. # Checking out some of the many Netflix streaming options that come with...
