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Archive for August, 2009

Best of the ‘Viols in Our Schools’ GambaCast – 3 Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Keyboard by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Yazan: Phillip Serna | 11 August 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Early Bass, performances, Phillip Serna, podcasting, videos

Posts about learning, practicing, and auditioning

Yazan: Jason | 11 August 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: advice, auditions, bass, education

Here are a few classic posts about learning an instrument, practicing, getting ready for music school, and other such topics (from 2006-2008): Fifteen Practicing Mistakes that Students Make – These are a handful of common pitfalls that I have seen my students make over the years, and getting going with my bass studio has turned [...]

Mixing Sets of Strings

Yazan: Jason | 10 August 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: advice, bass

I wrote a post in the fall of 2008 with my opinions of the characteristics of various sets of strings. Though these are purely my own observations and not based of any organized research, this has proved to be a popular post, and several folks have written in with their own perspectives on strings. Brenton [...]

The Intriguing Dean Ferrell (video)

Yazan: Jason | 08 August 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, performances

Here’s another video of double bassist Dean Ferrell performing a set of assorted pieces from the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention. Check out Dean’s Captain Tobias performance from 2007 or Ode to Per Questa from this year’s convention for more content from this excellent and multifaceted musician. Video Download Link (100 MB)

YouTube – Suite For Ma Dukes – Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and a 40 piece orchestra Live @ The Luckman

Yazan: Jason | 07 August 2009 | No Comments
Categories: videos

Daniel Chmielinski, one of my bass students, recently sent me a link to this infectiously cool perfomance of Timeless: Suite for Ma Dukes, a creative and colorful arrangement of J. Dilla’s best’known works: [From YouTube - Suite For Ma Dukes - Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and a 40 piece orchestra Live @ The Luckman]