Archive for October, 2009

Rinat Ibragimov plays Bach Suite No. 3 Prelude

Yazan: Jason | 08 October 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: bass videos

Angelo Tommaso from the LaVerdi Orchestra of Milan, Italy recently sent me a link to the YouTube Channel of the London Symphony, which is currently featuring videos of LSO Principal Bass Rinat Ibragimov performing the Bach Suite No. 3 for Violoncello. Here’s the video of the prelude–check the rest out on the LSO channel: From [...]

Dan Armstrong performs Jason Seed Bass Quartet… by himself!

Yazan: Jason | 07 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos, bassist/composers

Milwaukee-based composer Jason Seed regularly collaborates with Chicago Symphony bassist Dan Armstrong in the Jason Seed Elixir Ensemble. Dan describes this ensemble as a “jazz-rock-folk-classical-world-new music group” (whew!), and we’ve featured this group previously on the blog. The following video features Dan Armstrong playing all four parts (overdubbed) to Jason Seed’s Bass Quartet, with images [...]

New iPhone-friendly format for DoubleBassBlog.org

Yazan: Jason | 06 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: technology

I’ve toyed with mobile versions for my site before but have always walked away disappointed. Today, however, I was poking around online for a good iPhone-friendly formatting plugin for another project I do, and I happened upon the very cool WPtouch plugin, which renders my site beautifully for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android phones [...]

Thinking About A Bachelor’s Degree In Music Performance – advice from MusTech.net

Yazan: Jason | 06 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: advice, education

MusTech.net blogger Joe Pisano (also an active Twitter user on the subject of music education) put out an excellent post on the subject of the Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance, specifically on what a student interested in obtaining this degree should be concerned with in school selection. This is a topic that I’ve blogged about [...]

Doublebassscore – Dragonetti Concerto Mvt 2

Yazan: Jason | 05 October 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass videos, Uncategorized

More great content from the Doublebassscore YouTube channel: -Gary Karr, bassist Thanks to John Grillo for pointing this out to me!

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