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We’ve got a real treat for bassists in the next couple of weeks on the Contrabass Conversations podcast network. We just completed an interview with Louisiana Philharmonic Principal Bass Dave Anderson earlier this week, which was an absolute delight to do! Dave is a superb bassist and composer, and one of [...]

Folks who haven’t checked out National Symphony Principal Bass Robert Oppelt’s website (robertoppelt.com) should definitely take a look.  This wonderful site is filled with resources for the double bass player, as well as some of Robert’s interviews with bassists, an analysis of German bow grips, tips for bassists, and many other excellent resources for [...]

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Many apologies to blog readers in recent delays to get out segments in the Early Bass Series. I have been working on a large project featuring the achievements of Viennese double bassist and pedagogue Alfred Planyavsky.
For information on the Viennese Double Bass Archive, visit James Barkett & Jerry Fuller’s coverage [...]

…in the morning, at least!  I spent all of 2007 waking up between four and five a.m., putting the coffee on the stove, cracking my knuckles, and churning out 3-5 blog posts per day.  This schedule, quite frankly, was necessitated by both all of my other activities that year (this was the only free time [...]

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Jason talks about some recent guests and upcoming guests for the Contrabass Conversations podcast. BTW, do you see a hair ad when you watch this video? I’m getting one right now (I’ve got my advertising turned on through blip.tv, which throws a little change my way with each video view), and [...]

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 podcast [...]

 

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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 as [...]

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