Thoughts on Selecting a College

Hello fellow bassists and educators, Peter Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com. Jason has posted great articles on choosing schools and going to college. I came across a similar piece I wrote that was in American String Teacher in 1999. Some of it is a little dated but...

Metropolitan Opera month on doublebassblog.org

This is an ultra-quick note from an ultra-harried Jason (only three weeks of insane schedule left–meatier blogging to come very soon!) to let you know that Contrabass Conversations will be featuring interviews from Metropolitan Opera Orchestra bassists Jeremy...

Quick Tips to Avoid Practice Burnout

Hi everyone, Peter Tambroni here for some quick tips to avoid practice burnout. We all get to a point in our practicing where we stagnate, feel burned out, or are just plain sick of it! This is normal. As musicians, we tend to have the attitude that we “must...

Animusic – Aqua Harp

Folks out there may already be familiar with Animusic videos–they’ve been around for many years. To me, however, they are a great example of how creative people can be when envisioning music, and they are excellent videos to show young students and get...