We’ve got a Dan Hachez bass for sale over on the bas blog For Sale page. For those who aren’t familiar, Dan Hachez is one of the best United States instrument makers active today (and the winner of several gold medals for instrument making),...
Double bass virtuoso and Contrabass Conversations guest Guy Tuneh has just come out with a new line of double bass bow cases. Here are a couple of photos of these new cases: You can learn more about these cases at Guy Tuneh’s website. He designed...
This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode gets more in-depth with the French bow hold, featuring many exercises and close-ups of Andy’s bow hand and arm in...
A recent comment from Carol on my Advice for Aspiring Music Performance Majors post sparked my interest in creating a similar list for top-tier schools for jazz bass study. Commenting on Karl Olsen’s Orchestra Audition Winners List, Carol writes: Jason,...
CSO Bass Blog author (and Contrabass Conversations guest) Michael Hovnanian has been checking in regularly on his blog, sharing what he’s been up to on the Chicago Symphony’s European tour this fall. Here’s what has gone up so far. Check...
