Archive for July, 2010
CBC 155: Frederick Zimmermann practice tapes
Yazan: Jason | 24 July 2010 | 2 Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations
We’re featuring practice tapes from the hugely influential double bass performer and pedagogue Frederick Zimmermann on this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode. Co-host John Grillo unearthed and transferred these tapes of Zimmermann practicing, and he and I briefly chat about how these tapes helped to shape John’s concept of sound on the double bass. Enjoy! About [...]
Punch Brothers: Sometimes
Yazan: Jason | 23 July 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass videos
Not as much of a bass focus as what I posted earlier, but great music making and bass playing:
Clinically yours – my 2011 IMEA Bass Session
Yazan: Jason | 22 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, education
Careful what you wish for–you just might get it! I submitted a clinic proposal for the January 2011 Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA) All-State Convention. They only accept a select handful of string-focused clinics, so I figured that mine didn’t have much likelihood of getting accepted. Imagine my surprise, therefore, when I opened up a [...]
Punch Brothers: The Beekeeper
Yazan: Jason | 21 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos
More great stuff from the Punch Brothers and Paul Kowert on bass:
My Golden Gate Bass Camp Virtual Master Class
Yazan: Jason | 20 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, education
I always love how Barry Green (a former Contrabass Conversations guest, bass teacher, and author of the Inner Game of Music and other books) imaginatively uses new technologies and ideas in his teaching and performing. Fromm jazzing up the Bach cello suites and exploring the psychological side of music performance to starting an arts blogging [...]
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