Archive for April, 2010

Even cats love the iPad!

Yazan: Jason | 26 April 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: cats

Several folks have passed along the following link to me, knowing me to be a lover of cats and of my new iPad. This has been pretty popular on YouTube, so you may have already seen it, but check it out if you haven’t–it’s amazing to see how cats can respond to what they see [...]

Stanley Clarke bass solo on School Days

Yazan: Jason | 23 April 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass videos

Here’s a classic (recorded in 1994) from Stanley Clarke, one of the most important bassists act ice today:

PBDB: The Toughest Question, Part 2

Yazan: jeffweisner | 22 April 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: Uncategorized

(crossposted from PBDB) In Part 1, we looked at fears that keep us from asking ourselves the toughest question that we all must face as musicians looking to have a professional career: Do I have what it takes? In this part, we’ll look at the next step in the process: After we ask ourselves, who [...]

Room to Lay the Law – Jeff Weisner performs Mix Tape

Yazan: Jason | 22 April 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos

National Symphony orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner (also a former Contrabass Conversations guest) recently commissioned by a composer named Armando Bayolo. Titled Mix Tape, it is a six movement solo suite, and each movement is based on a pop song that either Armando or Jeff likes. Some of the movements have clear quotes of the song, [...]

A (Very [Brief] Meditation on the Nature of) Parentheses – Jeff Weisner performs Mix Tape

Yazan: Jason | 21 April 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos

National Symphony orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner (also a former Contrabass Conversations guest) recently commissioned by a composer named Armando Bayolo. Titled Mix Tape, it is a six movement solo suite, and each movement is based on a pop song that either Armando or Jeff likes. Some of the movements have clear quotes of the song, [...]

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