Video Virtual Master Class Track – Bach Gigue from Suite No. 3

This is a new feature for the doublebassblog.org Virtual Master Class project. Double bassist Ian Hallas has stepped up to the plate and offered up this (and several other) video performances for this project. Leave criticism, advice, practice tips, and the like by...

Cool blog features you may not know about

This blog represents the constant, gopher-like work of one overcaffeinated bassist’s multi-year attempt to create a resource bank for the double bass community (plus crazy gig stories and cat posts, of course!).  Though I am constantly working to tweak the...

You can’t force writing…or can you?

I really, truly enjoy writing.  Although I had pretty much neglected any sort of creative writing activity upon entering music school, the last few years of blogging began to gradually rekindle my interest in the written word, and I now find myself with a large...

Kids explain podcasting

Here’s a great glimpse into the future generation of teachers and learners!  Listen to the way that these kids explain podcasting–I’m thinking about embedding this video into the ‘What is Podcasting?’ section of my Frequently Asked...