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The latest issue of Bass Musician Magazine is now live!  I’ve contributed a  podcast feature to this bi-monthly publication since its inception in 2007, and this month I featured our previous conversation with jazz bass legend Steve Rodby.  This interview was conducted by Contrabass Conversations guest host Kells Nollenberger as part of his new [...]

 

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We’re chatting with Michigan State University and Interlochen Arts Academy double bass instructor Jack Budrow this week on Contrabass Conversations. In addition to helping place students in major orchestras across the globe, Jack has had a very distinguished performance career as a former member of the Houston Symphony, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, and [...]

We hope you all enjoyed our first episode of the all-music show Eclectic Bass, our latest offering from the Contrabass Conversations podcast network. If you missed it, you can find the first episode here, and stay tuned for more episodes from this series in the very near future.
Along with Exploring Chamber Music, our series [...]

I’m sure that many don’t feel this way, but for me, everything associated with the podcast takes literally 10 times longer to accomplish than for the blog. Blogging for me is fun, fast, and….easy, I suppose. Writing is quite enjoyable for me, and I just sit down and bang away at my [...]

The following is a guest post from Double Bass Blog contributor Phillip W. Serna. Here is audition information for April 2008 posted every month on doublebassblog.org. Check out Phillip’s recitals and interviews on his Contrabass Conversations page, and visit him online at http://www.phillipwserna.com

 

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The first episode of our new all-music series Eclectic Bass is now available! Listen to it with the player above (click the play button, or click ‘play in popup’ to keep browsing while you listen), download the episode (right click and choose ’save as…’), or subscribe to Contrabass Conversations to get all these [...]

San Diego Symphony Principal Bass Jeremy Kurtz (we’ll be interviewing him on Contrabass Conversations in the near future) passed along a link for a free tool for Macs created by a violinist in the San Diego Symphony.  Looking for an accurate tempo?  This simple application will give you an accurate tempo reading, which is useful [...]

Though we’ve tended toward the classical side of things thus far on the Contrabass Conversations show, we’ve certainly had a fair share of jazz features over the past year-and-a-half.  Since many bassists play both jazz and classical, several of the guests mentioned below maintain active performing careers in both genres.
Here’s a list highlighting some of [...]

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 at [...]

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 keep [...]