Archive for December, 2010

5 Hardest and Easiest College Majors by GPA’s – CBS MoneyWatch.com

Yazan: Jason | 24 December 2010 | 3 Comments
Categories: education

Check out this list–I like that the two things I’ve done in my life are in the “easy GPA” category. My wife, fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), has moved from the “easy” to “hard” category. 5 Hardest and Easiest College Majors by GPA’s – CBS MoneyWatch.com

Astor Piazzolla – Primavera Porteña

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

Gotta love Piazzolla–what great music to play! Live Concert on April, 30 2010 at Eliseo Theatre of Rome. Leandro Piccioni, pianoforte Marco Quaranta e Rita Gucci, violini Achille Taddeo, viola Kyung Mi Lee, violoncello Maurizio Turriziani, contrabbasso

Bad Romance for 4 basses

Yazan: Jason | 22 December 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass videos

Bassist Sean Rafferty pointed me to this video featuring soem Cincinnati College-Conservatory bassists playing a transcription (by Andrew Williams) of Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance:

YouTube – Bottesini: Nel Corpiu Non Mi Sento

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

Another bass video, this time featuring Ödon Racz performing Bottesini’s Nel Cor. This piece is a real tour de force if you don’t know it: YouTube – BOTTESINI: NEL CORPIU NON MI SENTO KONTRABASS – ÖDÖN RÁCZ

YouTube – ludwig streicher

Yazan: Jason | 20 December 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos

I’ve been getting a crazy amount of email from some Facebook bass groups with new bass videos. I remember back in the day around 2006 scouring YouTube for decent bass content. It’s a pretty different world here in the last few days before 2011: YouTube – ludwig streicher

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