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Hope you all enjoy episode 13 of Contrabass Conversations! This week we are featuring music of double bassist Donovan Stokes and an interview with Weldon Anderson. Enjoy!

Show Notes
Length: 58:35
website: contrabassconversations.com
e-mail: contrabassconversations@gmail.com
voicemail: 206-666-6509
blog: www.doublebassblog.com
Download the episode here
This episode features the first part of an interview that
Jason recently did with double bassist Weldon Anderson. [...]

Illinois State University professor and double bassist Bill Koehler just released a new book called A Guide to the Developmental Processes of Improvisation and Composition. Here is a description of this book from Bill’s website. Visit that site to learn more about this new project. You can order a copy of [...]

Musicians need the input of others in order to develop and hone their craft. Successful performing artists do not live in a vacuum. They constantly seek out the advice of others and incorporate these suggestions into their practicing.
The most important source of input for the younger musician is their private teacher. [...]

I just finished a long session of coding, and I’d like to let people know that the John Grillo and Andy Anderson Recital Showcase pages now have an option to either listen to or download each individual track. This should be a lot of fun for bassists out there and a grat benefit to [...]

This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one of the nation’s most exclusive programs. I think readers will find this different perspective on the double bass world and the music [...]

My former student Tyler Bakken sent me this information about when and where double bassist Jeff Bradetich will be holding his summer master classes. It looks like he’s all over the globe with these activities this year.
From Jeff:
This summer, I will be teaching my master classes at three differentlocations: in Denton, Texas; Seattle, Washington [...]

I have several students preparing for an audition at Juilliard at the moment. Over the years I have had many students audition at this institution, and I thought that it would be valuable to relate some advice given by New York Philharmonic double bassist and Juilliard instructor Orin O’Brien. First, the audition requirements:
DOUBLE [...]

Hope you all enjoyed last week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. If you didn’t catch it (or want to listen to any older episodes), just click the ‘Contrabass Conversations‘ tab at the top of this blog.
This week we bring you a great interview with double bassist Kathryn Nettleman. Kate and I also recently recorded [...]

I just added all of the tracks from the most recent Contrabass Conversations episode to Andy Anderson’s Recital Showcase. From this page you can listen to each individual track or download it. Andy’s tracks include:
Koussevitzky Concerto mvt 1Koussevitzky Concerto mvt 2FailingBottesini Concerto No. 2 mvt 1Frescobaldi SonataPaganini Moses FantasyMonti Czardas
You can also visit [...]

Double bassist Eric Hochberg sent me a link to a fascinating and useful string tone comparison site by bassist Herve Jeanne. This site compares the tonal characteristics of the pizzicato sounds of:
Velvet GarboVelvet AnimaPirastro ChordaPirastro PizzicatoPirastro OlivPirastro ObligatoPirastro JazzerThomastik SpirocorePresto NylonwoundAquila Nylgut
What a great idea, and what a useful resource! I’d love to [...]