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CBC 69: Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand interview
We’re chatting with double bass luthier and Heartland String Bass Shop owner Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand today on the Contrabass Conversations podcast.
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Exploring Chamber Music 3 - Brahms Serenade No. 1
This Contrabass Conversations special series highlights chamber music that includes the double bass.
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Download any individual CBC orchestra excerpt track
In 2007, double bassist and blogger John Grillo and created the extremely popular orchestral excerpt breakdown series for the Contrabass Conversations podcast network. This series includes performances of John playing much of the double bass orchestral audition repertoire, with commentary about each specific excerpt preceding each performance.
We’ve now made available for download any [...]
The benefits of keeping your independent voice
I’ve been blogging for several years now, and doing this kind of writing on a daily basis (there are over 2100 posts on doublebassblog.org right now….and counting!) has naturally made me take some time to think about the benefits and drawbacks of independent publishing.
I’ve also done a fair amount of writing for other blogs and [...]
Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel featured on classicalmusicnews.tv
ClassicalMusicNews.tv blogger (and regular Contrabass Conversations collaborator) John Grillo recently put out a post featuring the sensational young conductor Gustavo Dudamel. John features a great video highlight from 60 Minutes. Check it out!
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John sees this exciting young conductor as a real beacon for the future of classical music, writing:
Given the [...]
Becoming a Jack-Of-All-Trades - Thoughts on Writing, Blogging, and Podcasting
People often ask me how much time I spend working on doublebassblog.org, Contrabass Conversations, Arts Addict, and my other online endeavors. While I certainly put in a significant amount of time on all these projects, they have grown organically over time and have interwoven so tightly into my other daily activities (playing and teaching the [...]
You can’t force writing…or can you?
I really, truly enjoy writing. Although I had pretty much neglected any sort of creative writing activity upon entering music school, the last few years of blogging began to gradually rekindle my interest in the written word, and I now find myself with a large amount of content that I’ve recently created.
There’s something extremely satisfying [...]
The Art of the Deficit and Lack of Government Support with John Grillo
Contrabass Conversations frequent collaborator and classicalmusicnews.tv blogger John Grillo continues his Art of the Deficit series this week with a post examining the role that the National Endowment for the Arts plays in the budgets of many symphony orchestras. John went to a grant workshop for the NEA in 2007 and left with some new [...]
CBC 64: Chicago Bass Ensemble interview and music
This week we feature an interview with and music from the Chicago Bass Ensemble. Group founder Jacque Harper joins former Contrabass Conversations guests Michael Hovnanian and Doug Johnson plus double bass blogger John Floeter to create the core quartet of this ensemble.
The Chicago Bass Ensemble will be performing at Northern Illinois University on February [...]
CBC 63: Chatting About Opera and Orchestra Bass Playing with John Grillo
Contrabass Conversations regular contributor and classicalmusicnews.tv blogger John Grillo and I recorded a follow-up episode to our recent Opera Excerpt Breakdown episode. In this episode we chat a little more generally about opera bass playing and how it differs from orchestral bass playing.
John has played for numerous opera companies in the past, including the [...]
