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Archive for July, 2010

From the Archives: The Psychology of Being Musical

Yazan: Jason | 12 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass

Double bassist Nicholas Hart attended the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and contributed a series of thoughtful posts a few years back here on the blog. Here’s one of my favorite posts of his: The Psychology of Being Musical by Nick Hart I came across an interesting article by Dr. Jay A. Seitz who is a [...]

Coming soon – Frederick Zimmermann practice tapes

Yazan: Jason | 09 July 2010 | 2 Comments
Categories: bass

John Grillo has provided me with some old tapes of the great double bass performer and pedagogue Frederick Zimmermann practicing the bass. These recoedings have been floating around for some time, and they have actually been quite influential in shaping how many bassists approach the instrument. They really sound fantastic, and I think that folks [...]

From the Archives: John Grillo Recital Showcase

Yazan: Jason | 08 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass

Double bassist, blogger, and entrepreneur John Grillo has been a pivotal part of Contrabass Conversations since its inception in early 2007. John was one of our very first guests on the podcast, and his role quickly grew to that of collaborator and co-host. John and I have now co-hosted many of the Contrabass Conversations podcasts, [...]

From the Archives: Andrew Anderson teaches the Double Bass

Yazan: Jason | 07 July 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, bass videos

One of the most popular things ever to grace the front page of this blog (and one of the top hits on Google for double bass even after all these years) is the ten-part video series Exploring the Double Bass with Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist Andy Anderson. In addition to being an outstanding performer, [...]

New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago performs July 25

Yazan: Jason | 06 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: events

The New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago will be at The Morton Arboretum for two performances July 25 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. This is a great setting for a concert, and it’s great to see a new orchestra doing performances in these “troubled economic times,” right? They’ll be performing the opening movement of Beethoven’s [...]