Archive for April, 2011

adline for 2011 ISB Convention on-campus housing reservations is May 1s

Yazan: Jason | 29 April 2011 | 2 Comments
Categories: bass, ISB

Important details about the 2011 ISB Convention in San Francisco: For a list of presenters by the day for the 2011 ISB convention at San Francisco State University, June 6th-11th, click here (the young bassist program will be taught by many of these same presenters, YB schedule to be announced, for a general description of [...]

caveman discovers a cello

Yazan: Jason | 29 April 2011 | No Comments
Categories: videos

Too bad this isn’t about a bass!  via Bob Strickland.  Kind of a cool tune that caveman is playing:

South African perspective on why people play the bass

Yazan: Jason | 28 April 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass

Another cool link from my friend Peter Tambroni on his site mostlybass.com: http://petertambroni.com/mostlybass_wp/why-people-play-the-bass/

Articulation in Bach Playing

Yazan: Jason | 27 April 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Early Bass

Here’s a cool article (links to a PDF) I discovered via Peter Tambroni’s mostlybass.com by David Sills about articulation in Bach.  Check it out!

New book on Paul Chambers

Yazan: Jason | 26 April 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, jazz

A new title about one of the great jazz bassists has recently launched, and it’s getting some good press. Check it out: http://mikkonurmi.wordpress.com/

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