Archive for November, 2009

In search of the United States’ top double bass schools

Yazan: Jason | 17 November 2009 | 6 Comments
Categories: bass, education

It’s survey time! We’re soliciting reader opinions on the top music schools in the United States. Please take a moment or two and visit the link below to fill out your own personal ranking. This should prove to generate some interesting data that we can use in the future. Click Here to take survey By [...]

Doublebassscore – Koussevitzky Concerto Mvt 3

Yazan: Jason | 17 November 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos

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

Chicago Bass Festival to debut 2/7/10

Yazan: Jason | 16 November 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, events

I’ve kept this under wraps to the general public, but we’re close enough to doing our official release that I just can’t resist giving blog readers a sneak peek: I’m pleased to announce that the first annual Chicago Bass Festival will be taking place on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at Ravinia’s Bennett-Gordon Hall in Highland [...]

PBDB: Care and Feeding of the Bass Teacher, Chapter 3: Should You and Your Teacher Break Up?

Yazan: jeffweisner | 14 November 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Uncategorized

Okay, so you’ve analyzed your teacher type and you’ve studied the owner’s manual. Things are going great with your teacher now, right? Everything’s humming along nicely? What, you say things aren’t perfect with your teacher? You feel some vague dissatisfaction? Or perhaps it’s more than that; perhaps you even feel like your teacher may be failing to [...]

Gary Karr interview in Seattle this weekend

Yazan: Jason | 13 November 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, events

The following event will take place this Sunday (11/15/09) as part of the Barry Lieberman and Friends series. Be sure to check out our Contrabass Conversations interviews with Barry Lieberman as well as Barry’s previous interview episode with Gary Karr. An Afternoon with Gary Karr, Part II EVENT Gary Karr, considered by many to be [...]

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