Archive for January, 2011
Illinois Music Educators Association Clinic
Yazan: Jason | 28 January 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, education
I’m currently at the Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA) clinic in Peoria, and I’ll be doing clinic tomorrow morning about bass tone. I think that my subtitle will be either “That Sounds Bad” or “Why That Sounds Bad” and cover common bass player tone strangeness ailments and remedies. Should be a good time. I’ll write [...]
YouTube Symphony
Yazan: Jason | 27 January 2011 | No Comments
Categories: music news
From last week: Members of YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 Announced Today 101 musicians from more than 30 countries will perform for a global audience at Sydney Opera House in March, 2011 YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 is a partnership with the London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sydney Symphony, and other leading institutions of the classical music [...]
Virginia Dixon – Suzuki Teaching Opportunities
Yazan: Jason | 26 January 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, education
From Virginia Dixon (former Contrabass Conversations guest): My most scenic course will be my Book 1 course at the Colorado Suzuki Institute at Beaver Creek, Colorado from June 18 through 26. This is resort condo living at its most reasonable and can be especially fun if you share a condo with other bassists! I can [...]
Bass destruction story by Adam
Yazan: Jason | 25 January 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass
Bass blog reader Adam writes: I was reading through some of the destruction stories on your blog and decided to share one of my own. I got a call from one of my student’s fathers while I was driving to a gig. He said the bass had imploded and asked if I’d ever heard of [...]
A Second Afternoon with Gary Karr
Yazan: Jason | 24 January 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass
Barry Lieberman (a former Contrabass Conversations guest) recently sent me his latest DVD featuring him interviewing Gary Karr along with Karr performances with Harmon Lewis and Kuniko Furuhata. I’ll be releasing this soon on Contrabass Conversations. Wonderful material! check out original Gary Karr and Barry Lieberman episode
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