Here’s another video of double bassist Dean Ferrell performing a set of assorted pieces from the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention. Check out Dean’s Captain Tobias performance from 2007 or Ode to Per Questa from this year’s convention...
Double bassist Dean Ferrell is a performer that you’ve got to see to believe. Putting a label on what Dean does in simply impossible–the best I can do is to call his performances historically informed alternate tuning performance art. Dean did an hour-long...
The amazing bassist Dean Ferrell will be doing a solo bass performance in Berlin on Tuesday, November 6th, and any bassists , students, teachers, and fans of amazing double bass performance art should consider attending if they can make it. We blogged an hour-long...
This video defies description. It is an hour long double bass performance/speech/dramatization featuring double bassist Dean Ferrell as Captain Tobias. This is a one person show of epic proportions–strange, compelling, and totally hilarious. Dean Ferrell went to...
Events like International Society of Bassists conventions are always a “choose your own adventure” affair. With multiple events running concurrently throughout the day, taking it all in is impossible. This is only the third ISB convention I’ve attended. I made it to...
