Archive for November, 2010
Chamber Music and the Bassist, Part II: Thoughts on Arranging & Adapting—with Words of Wisdom from Frank Proto
Yazan: jeremykurtz | 30 November 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, bassist/composers, chamber music, ISB
In the previous post on chamber music, I wrote about the wealth of chamber music with bass that exists and that rarely gets performed. For those of you who still haven’t visited the link, I’d urge you to check out Paul Nemith’s site for proof. But digging up lesser-known repertoire is only part of the “solution” for bassists who want to devote more time to small group chamber/collaborative music projects. Another important option is to arrange existing music for an ensemble that includes bass.
All Things Strings: Unconventional Wisdom
Yazan: Jason | 30 November 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass
The following article appears in the January issue of Strings Magazine and is written by San Diego Symphony principal bassist Jeremy Kurtz, a former Contrabass Conversations guest and guest author for dbb.org: All Things Strings: Unconventional Wisdom
The “biggest violin”
Yazan: Jason | 29 November 2010 | 2 Comments
Categories: bass, photography
Bassist Steve Badach sent me the following photo of a truly enormous bass. I wonder what first position looks like on this thing? Doesn’t look like the octobass to me since there isn’t any sort of fingering contraption for the left hand. Click here for a video of an actual octobass in action.
Celebrate Thanksgiving with the world’s best bass video!
Yazan: Jason | 26 November 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass humor, bass videos
Here’s a classic from the blog on your post-turkey digestive day. I still get tears in my eyes at this one even after a couple hundred viewings. As one of my colleagues pointed out to me when I blogged this years ago, check out which bow gets the “special” treatment. …or, as our young eastern [...]
The Bass Audition
Yazan: Jason | 25 November 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos
Here’s a little something for all those bass players flying into Chicago to take the principal bass audition and attempt to fill Joe Guastafeste’s shoes: Sent to me by Jon Stefaniak – truly hilarious and pretty on the money in my book
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