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Archive for November, 2008

CBC 102: Jeremy McCoy interview

Yazan: Jason | 29 November 2008 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations

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We’re chatting with Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Assistant Principal Bass Jeremy McCoy on this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode. Jeremy attended the Curtis Institute and was a member of the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada prior to his appointment with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Jeremy and I discuss a wide variety of topics, including his early [...]

Edgar Meyer on Bach

Yazan: Jason | 28 November 2008 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos

Double bassist Ben Huff sent me a link to this short but magnificent video featuring Edgar Meyer playing the Prelude from the Suite No. 2 for Violoncello by J.S. Bach and talking about it: A New Documentary on Johann Sebastian Bach – http://www.mlfilms.com/ – Now in Post-Production – YouTube Clip Authorized by MLF – From [...]

Best of the ‘Viols in Our Schools’ GambaCast – Claude Le Jeune – En m’oyant chanter quelque fois

Yazan: Phillip Serna | 28 November 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Phillip Serna, podcasting, videos

  CEMC/ SoG – Claude Le Jeune (c.1528-1600) – En m’oyant chanter quelque fois From the May 18, 2008 Chicago Early Music Consort & Spirit of Gambo – a Chicago Consort of Viols Performance of ‘Bonjour, Mon Coer! – The Sublime 16th-Century French Chanson’ at Glenview Community Church, Glenview, IL. Featuring Gary Berkenstock, Crumhorn, Rackett, [...]

Quick Tip – Traveling for the Holidays

Yazan: petertambroni | 27 November 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Peter Tambroni

Pete Tambroni here again from MostlyBass.com for a quick tip about the holidays. If you’re traveling for the thanksgiving break and can’t bring your bass, just bring your bow. You’ll have little windows of time that will be perfect for doing bow exercises. You can work on bowing with just your fingers, wrist, or elbow, [...]

Reaching my limits

Yazan: Jason | 26 November 2008 | 6 Comments
Categories: Uncategorized

As the beginning of my fourth year of blogging commences, I find myself reflecting back on all those emails, comments, and asides from countless people asking me: “How do you find the time to blog? It sounds like you’re running in 10 different directions at once.” I’d always shrug the “busy” factor off, knowing that [...]