Archive for July, 2008
An Afternoon With Gary Karr this weekend on CBC
Yazan: Jason | 24 July 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, podcasting
Last week I had the opportunity to do an interview with University of Washington bass professor Barry Lieberman. The former Assistant Principal Bass of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Principal Bass of the Winnipeg Symphony, Barry now serves as co-director of The American String Project, an innovative string ensemble which we will be featuring in [...]
Dehair the Rehair
Yazan: Jason | 23 July 2008 | No Comments
Categories: bass humor, cats
One of my colleagues was over at my place a few years ago, and we were geeking out in true double bass fashion, playing duets, working on excerpts together, and getting into deep discussions about gear. He and I left for lunch, leaving our basses out of their cases. We had a good time, got [...]
Carping about Cartage
Yazan: Jason | 22 July 2008 | 3 Comments
Categories: bass, freelancing, travel
While digging through my old e-mail recently, I came upon this snippy exchange between management and musicians regarding compensation for cartage. This is the sort of thing that really makes my blood boil–cartage is compensation paid to musicians who must load a lot of gear in and out of a venue. The philosophy behind this [...]
Trill execution from Phillip Serna
Yazan: Jason | 21 July 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, technique
Prompted by a recent listener question on Contrabass Conversations, double bassist Phillip Serna wrote in with some notes from a technique class he recently gave on trilling. I thought that it would prove to be interesting reading for many string players out there. Enjoy! Discussion on Trills from Valparaiso University – Double Bass Faculty – [...]
CBC 88: Guy Tuneh video episode
Yazan: Jason | 19 July 2008 | 26 Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, opera, podcasting
We’re featuring a video episode of double bassist Guy Tuneh on this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. Guy has been featured many times on the podcast in the past, and it’s a real pleasure to hear his fine playing again on the show. This episode is being released in both audio and video versions. You [...]
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