Jason talks top 50 classical music blogs
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Jason discusses Scott Spiegelberg’s list of top 50 classical music blogs. Check the complete lists out here:
Top 50 classical music blogs - Google
Top 50 classical music blogs - Technorati
College Audition Requirements for Double Bassists
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Jason talks about double bass college audition requirements and launches a new poll about the International Society of Bassists.
Christian McBride upright bass solo
Oh yeah! The great Christian McBride tears it up live on the Ornette Coleman tune “Turnaround” with Joshua Redman, Pat Metheny and Brian Blade.
Happy New Year from Guy Tuneh and Contrabass Conversations!
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Jason thanks readers, listeners, and viewers for being a part of the Bass Blog and Contrabass Conversations in 2007, and double bass virtuoso Guy Tuneh (www.guytuneh.com) plays excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations.
My Crazy Stand Partner
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Jason chats about a very entertaining stand partner he works with, plus offers some advice for keeping relations with your colleagues cordial in the orchestral environment.
Upright Bass Slap
The audio’s a little shady on this video, but the upright slap chops are top-notch. Check it out!
My cats in the stroller
My kitties love their cat stroller. They come running up to it crying to go for a ride all the time. Both of them will gladly tolerate very hot and very cold days to get their kitty walk in!
Jason chats about Chris Thelkreld’s new bass model
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Iowa City double bass luthier Chris Thelkreld-Wiegend recently brought a new bass he had completed to Chicago for folks to check out. It’s a small bass–more like a 5/8 size than a 3/4 size, which is an interesting departure for Chris. I share my thoughts on this new bass in this [...]
Classic holiday videos (good and bad)
If you haven’t seen the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978, you’re truly missing out. This spectacular disaster simply has to be seen to be believed. Check out a ‘greatest hits’ clip reel of this show below.
Humpback man on the street playing double bass
Here’s a very odd video of Abbey Sholzberg (with artificial humpback under shirt) auditioning for CraveFest 2007. I wonder what the folks driving by thought of this…
