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Former New World Symphony bassist Andy Giller is looking for a double bass flight trunk for sale large enough to fit a full-size bass. Any readers out there looking to sell a bass trunk? If so, please get in touch (leave a comment or click the contact button in the menubar).
Also, if [...]

This is just a quick note reminding folks that we’re always happy to include more basses, bows, and other bass-related gear on our For Sale page. Listing this gear is free of charge-just contact us with the relevant info (price, description, photo if you’ve got it) and we’ll get it up there.

I spent the past two weeks performing with the Grant Park Symphony. This has been a real treat for me, both musically and personally. The GPSO is a great ensemble, and we played a lot of excellent repertoire, including Beethoven 2, Mahler 5, and the Firebird Suite. Bass blog readers will actually [...]

This week marked the launch of Bass Musician Magazine, a new publication available at www.bass-musician-magazine.com, and one in which Contrabass Conversations will be a regular feature. Check it out!___________
We released the next part of the Basses, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles featuring tales of woe regarding plane travel. This is the first in an [...]

This week featured the second part of This Crazy Business, my new series about life as a working musician. Unlike Road Warrior Without an Expense Account (which is about being a freelance musician), this series is about life as a musician in general.
If you’d like to read the 50 or so more substantial articles [...]

I spent the majority of this week playing up around Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. While the concerts were fun and in a beautiful setting, these long drives are slowly killing me, and I see less and less of them in my future.
I played the same festival last year right around the time that I started [...]

We’ve got some new items listed on the bass blog For Sale page, including a Victor Quenoil bass (the same model as Rabbath’s) for sale from San Diego Symphony principal bassist Jeremy Kurtz. Check out the For Sale page for more details.

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 it was like playing in the Milwaukee [...]

Here’s a quick wrap-up of this week’s bass scene news, blog posts, and other activity:
I released the first part of my new series called ‘This Crazy Business’. This first installment lays the groundwork for what follows in future installments. I wanted to make sure that I had established my position on the general [...]

This news item may be of possible interest to some readers out there. BassGirls.com, a magazine devoted to profiling female bassists (mainly electric at present), is putting their site up for sale. They write:
For personal reasons, we have decided to offer this complete website, domain name, archives, photos, passwords (and hosting paid until [...]