Archive for September, 2009
CBC 139: The American String Project
Yazan: Jason | 26 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations
This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features a follow-up interview with bassist Barry Lieberman, double bass faculty at the University of Washington and artistic director of The American String Project, an ensemble that specializes in performing string chamber orchestra arrangements of quartet literature. Barry was previously interviewed on Contrabass Conversations in 2008, and on that occasion [...]
Best of the ‘Viols in Our Schools’ GambaCast – William Byrd (1543-1623) – My Mistress Had a Little Dog
Yazan: Jason | 25 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Early Bass, Phillip Serna
Humidity and string response on the bass
Yazan: Jason | 24 September 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: advice, bass
I recently got an email from double bassist Aaron inquiring about how humidity levels relate to string response. This is one of the most challenging and beguiling aspects of warm weather bass playing, as any bassist who plays outdoor gigs can attest. Aaron writes: I am trying to find out information about string response and [...]
Classic Post: Barry Kolstein interview
Yazan: Jason | 23 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, podcasting
Our interview with Barry Kolstein, owner of the Kolstein Shop on Long Island, NY, is an interesting opportunity to learn about the bass business and how it has changed over the last half-century. Barry’s father Samuel entered the bass business in 1943, and Kolstein’s has been one of the major purveyors of instruments and accessories [...]
Can basses actually fall like dominos?
Yazan: Jason | 22 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass humor, crazy gig stories
An unfortunate thing happened at one of the exhibitor displays during this year’s International Society of Bassists Convention. This is the kind of horror movie episode that is sure to give both bassists and luthiers nightmares… One of the shops exhibiting basses was using a classy kind of bass stand–wooden and elegant, something like the [...]
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