I just stumbled upon a new music blog called Brass Tax, authored by a French Horn player. Here’s a snippet from a recent post: We’ve all heard the usual stuff from your average church choir member: "Thanks so much for playing, it sounds...
The Peabody Conservatory of Music has a new exchange program with the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, and Lee Philips, a 4th year double bassist at Peabody, just wrote a post on the Peabody Double Bass blog reflecting on his experiences in this overseas...
This instrument plays great (as you can hear from this clip) and is available for $9500. Contact Todd Matthews at gtmatthews@gmail.com for more information. You can also find this video ad under our For Sale page, and it will be going out on the Contrabass...
One can’t help but have their interest piqued by the title of Justin Locke’s expose about the inner workings of the music business. Real Men Don’t Rehearse is the exact sort of book I love to read–witty, lighthearted, yet insightful and full...
Japan has a reputation for being especially receptive to double bass solo and ensemble music, so it’s no surprise that my first encounter with new tracks from the Bass Gang would be targeted toward Japanese audiences. Italian double bassist Vito Liuzzi...
