Auditioning at 54 – part 2

This is part 2 of a guest post by double bassist Jean-Yves Bénichou. You can read part 1 of Benjy’s post here. Benjy is bi-national, being a citizen of both the United States and France. He has lived in France for the past 30 years and has been a member of the...

Advice on buying a bass from John Floeter

I wrote a two-part post last summer on what to look for when purchasing a bass. I have since retooled this post into a full article and have submitted it for publication, and I’ll let readers know when and where they can find this article when it comes...

Auditioning at 54 – guest post from Jean-Yves Bénichou

This is a guest post by double bassist Jean-Yves Bénichou. Benjy is bi-national, being a citizen of both the United States and France. He has lived in France for the past 30 years and has been a member of the Strasbourg Philharmonic since 1985. He studied double bass...

Peter Lloyd to teach at Northwestern Universty

Double bassist Peter Lloyd has been hired to teach at Northwestern University starting Fall 2007. He will be replacing double bass instructor DaXun Zhang, who has accepted a faculty position at the University of Texas-Austin. For some background on this institution,...

Gary Karr plays Rachmaninoff Vocalise – video

Finally, Gary Karr footage has made its way to YouTube, and I’m happy to be able to share it on the Bass Blog. This footage is generally pretty hard to find. You’ll be seeing many videos from Gary in the future (barring a takedown notice!) but we’ll...