Robert Meyer on his upcoming book release
Robert Meyer, our upcoming Contrabass Conversations guest, has recorded a series of videos featuring recollections of his life in the music world. Active for over 50 years in most of the major orchestras in London (including the London Symphony, London Philharmonic, and BBC Symphony), as Principal Bass of the Vancouver Symphony, and has taught [...]
Great chat with Robert Meyer and Jack Budrow last week
We hope that you all enjoyed the second half of our interview with double bass luthier Barrie Kolstein this past weekend. If you missed it, you can check it out on Barrie’s Contrabass Conversations page. You can download the episode, play it while you’re surfing online (click ‘play in popup’ and [...]
CBC 72: Barrie Kolstein interview 2
We’re wrapping up our chat with Barrie Kolstein this week on the Contrabass Conversations show. We began this interview on episode 70 of the program, and in it we discussed Barrie’s father Samuel Kolstein and how he got into the bow making business, the progression into the bass making business, and the development of [...]
Trembling in the Shadow of Audio Greatness
I’m an indie content producer all the way. Though I do this stuff every day (and have been doing so for years), I have no formal training in writing, audio engineering, web design, or network technology. I’m a dude with a couple of music degrees, extra time on my hands after quitting a [...]
Bad Boyz of Bass last week, Kolstein this week, and Jack Budrow coming soon on Contrabass Conversations
We released a Contrabass Conversations episode this past weekend featuring the Bad Boyz of Bass (Anthony Stoops, Volkan Orhon, Paul Sharpe, and David Murray). Check out episode 71 of the podcast to hear these guys chat about the group and perform some selections, and be sure to subscribe to Contrabass Conversations (click here for iTunes [...]
Resources for bassists preparing for the Pittsburgh Symphony audition
Many bassists here in the States are busy preparing for the upcoming audition with the Pittsburgh Symphony. If you’re interested in this position, application details and a repertoire list are available at the bottom of this post (click the ‘read the rest of this entry’ link if you don’t see it).
We had the opportunity [...]
Jason explains his podcasting rig
This brief video demonstrates the way that I record phone interviews along with my own voice, a method that is stable and produces a good audio product. This is harder than you might imagine! A lot of experimentation occurred before arriving at this setup, which may seem wacky but is actually quite reliable. [...]
Worst gig ever! - story from Michael Hovnanian
Chicago Symphony bassist and active blogger Michael Hovnanian just put out a post recounting a highly wacky gig that he played with other members of his orchestra. This gig (on Good Friday) happened to land on the day of a freak snow storm here in Chicago, with the metro area receiving 6-12 inches of snow [...]
CBC 71: Bad Boyz of Bass interview
We’re chatting with Volkan Orhon, David Murray, Anthony Stoops, and Paul Sharpe on this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. Anthony Stoops was featured recently as an interview guest on the podcast, and we also featured Volkan playing one of Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand’s basses on our interview with this fine luthier.
In this interview, we chat [...]
Complete Contrabass Conversations guest listings now available
After a lot of cutting and pasting, we’ve now got a complete alphabetical listing of all Contrabass Conversations guests available under doublebassblog.org/features/podcast-guests. Check it out, and stay tuned for our Bad Boyz of Bass interview tomorrow.
