Experibass – combining violin, viola, cello and bass

Sound designer, composer and (now) instrument maker Diego Stocco has created a hybrid instrument by combining a violin, viola, cello, and bass into one instrument. What a cool idea! Here’s a video of Diego putting together the instrument and playing this...

The Three Concertmasters

The following event features three great Chicago concertmasters along with the Chicago Philharmonic (a group that I play with intermittently). David Perry also performs with the Midsummer’s Music Festival, a Door County, Wisconsin chamber music festival that I...

Young deer bathing kitty

My good friend Aaron Burman sent me this video of a cat being bathed by a young deer. Very sweet, though not terribly bass-related. My apologies. More blog posts about cats here.