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Torrent of new double bass interviews for CBC podcast
The floodgates have opened this week for new double bass interviews, and I’ve had a chance to sit down and chat with several prominent figures in the contrabass community. I’ll expand on my experiences with these interviews later (I’m in the middle of editing at the moment), but my brain is spinning from all [...]
Upcoming CBC guest Luskin Locke shares crazy gig stories
We mentioned on this week’s CBC podcast that we will be interviewing author and double bassist Justin Locke this month for the Contrabass Conversations podcast. Justin spent eighteen years as a professional double bassist in metro Boston, playing in such groups as the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops. Here’s a great video of Justin [...]
CBC 47: Peter Tambroni interview 2 and music from Henry Chen
This week’s Contrabass Conversations Episode features the second part of our interview with double bassist, music educator, and author Peter Tambroni. Last time we heard from Peter (on episode 32), we talked about his early years on the bass, classroom and school orchestra teaching techniques, studying bass during his bachelors and masters degrees, teaching approaches, [...]
Yo-Yo Ma a sellout?
I found an interesting article through oboeinsight recently from the Arizona Republic about Yo-Yo Ma and how his crossover projects are perceived by audiences, critics, and colleagues:
Few people who care about classical music question this theology: Among the great musicians of the world, Ma is the most complete, the most fluent, the most profound. To [...]
Justin Locke’s Crazy Gig Stories
I am a big fan of gig stories from classical musicians (you can read my own stories here). I had an e-mail sent to me a little while back letting me know about bassist Justin Locke and his book of classical music gig stories titled Real Men Don’t Rehearse. I’ll include ordering information [...]
