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Archive for September, 2009

The Minibass in action

Yazan: Jason | 08 September 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, bass videos

Fellow Chicagoland bassists John Tuck and Steve Reinfranck pointed the site minibass.com out to me. This German compan specializes in making tiny bassists for young players. Check out the following montage featuring these minibasses in action:

Advice for young musicians from a seasoned veteran (not me!)

Yazan: Jason | 07 September 2009 | 3 Comments
Categories: advice, bass, education

Australian double bassist Steve Abrahall wrote to me recently about a piece he wrote several years ago about how young musicians might want to approach the concept of practicing. Practicing is, of course, an essential part of each musician’s life, but the nuts and bolts of how to go about it are oft overlooked by [...]

Saving birds

Yazan: Jason | 06 September 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Uncategorized

My wife seems to have a knack for saving hurt birds. She just took one down to the Nature Museum in Lincoln Park last week (they take care of injured birds there), and earlier this evening we happened upon a baby bird that had fallen out of his nest while we were strolling around Winnetka. [...]

Lots of Stuff at MostlyBass.com

Yazan: petertambroni | 06 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Peter Tambroni

Hi everyone, Peter Tambroni here from MostlyBass. There’s lots of great stuff happening over including an interview with Jon Gorrie, author of Performing in the Zone. Check it out!

CBC 136: Joel Quarrington interview

Yazan: Jason | 05 September 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations

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We’re featuring an interview with and music from Joel Quarrington this week of Contrabass Conversations. Joel is the former Principal Bass of the Toronto Symphony and currently serves as Principal Bass for the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada. In addition to his orchestral duties, Joel maintains an active career as a solo and chamber [...]