Archive for September, 2010
Cat plays bass guitar
Yazan: Jason | 17 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: cats, videos
From my longtime online bass friend Benjy:
Onur Özkaya plays Invocation by Gajdos
Yazan: Jason | 16 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos
Bassist Trevor Young was able to attend the Bradetich Masterclasses at Mittenwald this summer, and he passed along some videos from this event. Here’s one featuring Onur Özkaya performing a composition by Miloslav Gajdos. By the way, we’ve featured both Jeff Bradetich (check it out) and Miloslav Gajdos (check it out) on Contrabass Conversations in [...]
Double bass cover of Clocks by Coldplay
Yazan: Jason | 15 September 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass videos
This is a cover of Coldplay’s Clocks dedicated to Ry and Chris Threlkeld. Looks like a Threlkeld bass to me… I think. Check out our interview with Chris Threlkeld here, and enjoy this very cool video:
How to Cook a Conductor
Yazan: Jason | 14 September 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: humor
Bassist John Floeter pointed me toward this fun list. I’m also a conductor these days, so this hits closer to home than it did before! How to Cook a Conductor Ingredients: One large conductor, or two small assistant conductors 26 large cloves of garlic Crisco or other solid vegetable shortening (lard may be used) 1 [...]
More thoughts on auditioning
Yazan: Jason | 13 September 2010 | 2 Comments
Categories: bass, education, practicing
A comment came in last week about my audition advice for high school students post. It reads: Hello– Great website. Awesome to see so much info dedicated to the DB. Can you explain/expand on this point: Sectionalize your music and write down a plan – I always smile when I see a student come into [...]
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