Archive for December, 2009
The Musician’s Way – new book
Yazan: Jason | 07 December 2009 | No Comments
Categories: advice, education
There’s a new book out by University of North Carolina School of the Arts professor Gerald Klickstein designed to help musicians develop core skills needed for a career in music. Titled The Musician’s Way, this book covers topics like the following (from the companion website for the book): Enhance practice and performance skills Expand musical [...]
Will podcast soon
Yazan: Jason | 06 December 2009 | No Comments
Categories: podcasting
I’ve had a tough time getting Contrabass Conversations episodes out recently due to my teaching job, gigs, etc. I’ve dialed down the amount of time I devote to blogging and podcasting considerably for the past 16 months or so (I’d have gone crazy otherwise), and this new ratio of blog to real life is likely [...]
Ed Barker plays Boston premiere of Harbison
Yazan: Jason | 06 December 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, events
Ed Barker (former Contrabass Conversations guest) will give the Boston premiere of John Harbison’s Concerto for Bass Viol and Orchestra with the Boston University Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday, December 8th at 7:30 PM at the Tsai Performance Center. We’ve featured this concerto extensively on doublebassblog.org in the past–check out our videos of the piece from [...]
Giant Steps video animation
Yazan: Jason | 04 December 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: jazz, videos
One of my students recently showed me this really amazing computer animation by Michael Levy set to John Coltrane playing Giant Steps. What a cool way to visualize this music–well worth checking out: http://michalevy.com/giantsteps_download
More about François Rabbath from Brian Roessler
Yazan: Jason | 03 December 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, jazz
The second part of Brian Roessler’s excellent look at the development of François Rabbath’s career as a jazz artist was recently published. Many bassists seem to forget that Rabbath (former Contrabass Conversations guest) was well-known as a jazz bassist and composer in France, and Brian profiles this key figure in the double bass world wonderfully. [...]
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