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I’m sure that many don’t feel this way, but for me, everything associated with the podcast takes literally 10 times longer to accomplish than for the blog. Blogging for me is fun, fast, and….easy, I suppose. Writing is quite enjoyable for me, and I just sit down and bang away at [...]

The following is a guest post from Double Bass Blog contributor Phillip W. Serna. Here is audition information for April 2008 posted every month on doublebassblog.org. Check out Phillip’s recitals and interviews on his Contrabass Conversations page, and visit him online at http://www.phillipwserna.com

 

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The first episode of our new all-music series Eclectic Bass is now available! Listen to it with the player above (click the play button, or click ‘play in popup’ to keep browsing while you listen), download the episode (right click and choose ’save as…’), or subscribe to Contrabass Conversations to get all these [...]

San Diego Symphony Principal Bass Jeremy Kurtz (we’ll be interviewing him on Contrabass Conversations in the near future) passed along a link for a free tool for Macs created by a violinist in the San Diego Symphony.  Looking for an accurate tempo?  This simple application will give you an accurate tempo reading, which is useful [...]

Northwestern University double bass professor Peter Lloyd recently forwarded the following information to me.  If you’re in northern or central Illinois (or if you don’t mind driving a bit), then check out this event with one of the finest bass players out there.  We’ll also have this information listed on our events page.
Hello fellow bass [...]

The Chicago Symphony doesn’t pre-screen audition candidates for their  orchestra, allowing anyone who sends a resume and deposit check to get an audition time.  While this is an extremely egalitarian approach to the audition process (anyone who wants a shot gets a shot at auditioning for the Chicago Symphony), it also makes for some amusing [...]

Though we’ve tended toward the classical side of things thus far on the Contrabass Conversations show, we’ve certainly had a fair share of jazz features over the past year-and-a-half.  Since many bassists play both jazz and classical, several of the guests mentioned below maintain active performing careers in both genres.
Here’s a list highlighting some of [...]

Robert Meyer, our upcoming Contrabass Conversations guest, has recorded a series of videos featuring recollections of his life in the music world.  Active for over 50 years in most of the major orchestras in London (including the London Symphony, London Philharmonic, and BBC Symphony), as Principal Bass of the Vancouver Symphony, and has taught at [...]