Basses, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Part 2 – Trains

In the first part of this series I described the utter nastiness that results when you combine cabs and double basses. The horrible experiences from this first installment have given me an irrational hatred of cabs. I never take them, bass or no bass. To this day,...

Read the bass blog in jive talk

John Floeter sent me a link to an insanely funny service called Gizoogle which allows you to read my blog in glorious Snoop Dog jive talk. You can click here to read the whole site in jive (warning–lots of profanity if you try it) , or check out this version of...

Weekly Wrap-Up

I spent this entire week in Wisconsin, first driving to Madison to play in the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, then heading up to Milwaukee to play a yearly concert called Gathering On the Green about 20 miles north of Milwaukee. This kind of driving reminds me of what...

Bass shot of the day

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My Interview with Guy Tuneh

I had the pleasure of sitting down and interviewing the great double bass virtuoso Guy Tuneh today. Guy radiates a love of the instrument in everything he does, and I know that musicians of all disciplines will love to hear this great artist speak from the heart.If...