Archive for July, 2009
Best of the ‘Viols in Our Schools’ GambaCast – CEMC – Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) – Clori mia, Clori bella
Yazan: Phillip Serna | 31 July 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: Early Bass, performances, Phillip Serna, podcasting, videos
YouTube – Real Men Don’t Rehearse– Doctor Recommended
Yazan: Jason | 31 July 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass humor, humor, orchestra news, videos
Former Contrabass Conversations guest Justin Locke is the author of a very funny book titled Real Men Don’t Rehearse. Justin has created several tongue-in-cheek YouTube video commercials for this book. Here’s one that I find particularly funny: [From YouTube - Real Men Don't Rehearse-- Doctor Recommended]
Bass Barbeque at Martin Sheridan’s place
Yazan: Jason | 30 July 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, events
Double bass luthier Martin Sheridan has moved back to the United States after spending some time enjoying the good life down in Mexico. Martin has been an active luthier in metro Chicago and Iowa for many years, and I have had many students purchase instruments from him over the years.
YouTube – Von Thord – Titaniclåten
Yazan: Jason | 30 July 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos
Check out the stylings of Von Thord, a very talented and cool Swedish cello and bass duo. Swedish bassist Anders Olsson forwarded me the link for this: [From YouTube - Von Thord - Titaniclåten]
The Best (and Worst) University Websites
Yazan: Jason | 29 July 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: education
I was recently poring over a mailing list from the International Society of Bassists, attempting to locate an actual double bass faculty member with actual working contact information. My task: find out if there’s a bass instructor, get his/her email address, and send them a personal note to come to the International Society of Bassists [...]
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