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Grant Park Symphony bassist and blogger John Floeter put out a recent post on his blog about organizing practice time. He writes:
I divide practice into two large categories, technique and repertoire. Within these two categories are many subcategories.
Technique Goals: physical strength, speed, accuracy, AND mental strength speed and accuracy. With the physical goals, [...]

 

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This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an interview with and music from Chicago Symphony bassist Rob Kassinger. Rob’s musical interests span many genres and include both the electric bass and the double bass. You will learn about Rob’s early years on the bass and how working in jazz and rock settings led [...]

 

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This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features a continuation of our interview with Indiana University double bass professor Lawrence Hurst plus some music from plus some music from the Italian bass ensemble The Bass Gang. You can check out episode 20 of the podcast for the first part of this interview with Mr. Hurst, and [...]

Just a quick note to readers and listeners regarding upcoming guests for the next couple of weeks on Contrabass Conversations:

This weekend I will be putting out the next segment of our interview with Indiana University double bass professor Lawrence Hurst. John Grillo co-hosted this episode with me, and you will get to hear us [...]

While poking around online recently, I found an older article from Indiana University bass professor and Contrabass Conversations guest Lawrence Hurst:

The modern double bass is not a true member of either the violin or viol families. Most likely its first general shape was that of a [...]

 

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This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an excellent interview with Indiana University double bass professor Lawrence Hurst. Double bassist (and frequent Contrabass Conversations guest) John Grillo co-hosted the interview with me. You’ll be hearing the first part of our interview this week, and we’ll be putting out more of this interview in the [...]

I am in the process of putting together this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode featuring an interview with Indiana University double bass professor Lawrence Hurst. I know that bass players out there will really get a lot out this interview, and I think that they will enjoy the back and forth between co-host John Grillo, [...]

John Grillo and I just interviewed Indiana University double bass professor Lawrence Hurst last night for Contrabass Conversations. This interview was both a thrill and an honor for me to do, and it is an example of the amazing possibilities that podcasting provides for sharing, educating, and entertaining the global double bass community.
I know [...]

 

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Hope you all enjoy episode 13 of Contrabass Conversations! This week we are featuring music of double bassist Donovan Stokes and an interview with Weldon Anderson. Enjoy!

Show Notes
Length: 58:35
website: contrabassconversations.com
e-mail: contrabassconversations@gmail.com
voicemail: 206-666-6509
blog: www.doublebassblog.com
Download the episode here
This episode features the first part of an interview that
Jason recently did with double bassist Weldon Anderson. [...]

 

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This is a special Recital Showcase edition of Contrabass Conversations featuring the music of John Grillo. John was interviewed on Contrabass Conversations episode 6. This episode is a live performance of John’s complete recital, which was performed in Pittsburgh, PA in 2006.
You can also visit John’s Recital Showcase page or subscribe to the [...]