Archive for March, 2010

Honda Fit – great bass car

Yazan: Jason | 24 March 2010 | 5 Comments
Categories: bass, travel

A couple of weeks ago, I put out a post about my new Honda Element and what a great bass car it is. Double bassist Bob Strickland wrote in with another good recommendation for a bass car from Honda: Jason, my friend has an Element. They are, indeed, great musician cars! I just bought a [...]

2010 VSA Oberlin Bass Workshop June 6-12, 2010

Yazan: Jason | 23 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, events

Man, are there ever a lot of good-looking summer bass events coming up! Don’t forget about the National High School Music Institute (where yours truly is teaching) if you’re a high schooler! 2010 VSA Oberlin Bass Workshop: “Everyone teaches, everyone learns” This principle set out by Vahakn Nigosian has been the basis of all of [...]

Please Leave! – gig story from Greg Surratt

Yazan: Jason | 22 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: crazy gig stories

The submission date has now passed for the gig story raffle for the Upton bass pickup, and we’ve gotten a bunch of great gig stories as a result! I’ll put the remaining ones out this week and announce a winner (picked randomly from the stories entered) at the end of the week. This is the [...]

Welcome to Canada – gig story from Steve Pinkston

Yazan: Jason | 19 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: crazy gig stories

The submission date has now passed for the gig story raffle for the Upton bass pickup, and we’ve gotten a bunch of great gig stories as a result! I’ll put the remaining ones out this week and announce a winner (picked randomly from the stories entered) at the end of the week. This is the [...]

Crash! – gig story from Luis Baars

Yazan: Jason | 18 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: crazy gig stories

The submission date has now passed for the gig story raffle for the Upton bass pickup, and we’ve gotten a bunch of great gig stories as a result! I’ll put the remaining ones out this week and announce a winner (picked randomly from the stories entered) at the end of the week. This is the [...]

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