Dubstep mime

I’m a big fan of dubstep, and here’s a fun video of a guy lip-syncing to all the screaming synths.  Things start really getting going about a minute into the song: via Boing Boing

Zwee Dot! with Kelly Sill

I was recently reading Chicago Jazz Magazine and came across the following very cool column featuring jazz bassist Kelly Sill, who teaches at DePaul University and is a major force on the jazz scene here in Chicago. It’s a “blow-by-blow” of...

Middle Eastern Double Bass – What’s That?!

Jeremy Kurtz, the Principal Bass of the San Diego Symphony (and former Contrabass Conversations guest) passed along a link to bassist Hagai Bilitzky and his website doublebasseast.com.  Hagai presented at the 2011 International Society of Bassists Convention in San...

Pan-American Double Bass Summer Institute

From George Amorim–one of the clinicians we had for the Chicago Bass Festival: Dear Members of the Bass Community,   Saludos from South Texas! I would like to share with you some of what is coming up in the next few days. On July 18-23 we will host the...