I had an absolute blast at this summer’s International Society of Bassists Convention out at Penn State! This was actually the first convention that I’ve been able to attend, and I can’t wait for the next one in 2011. There’s such a palpable...
Hi Readers, Pete Tambroni here from Mostlybass.com and EvolvingEducator.com I just put a post up at Mostlybass about some experimenting with scordatura and in particular tuning my G up to an A to play fiddle / bluegrass music as well as violin transcriptions. Check it...
Here’s another video featuring Gary and Hector Tirado–Gary gives a very moving speech before the performance begins about Hector: [From YouTube – Andante from Concerto for Two Voices in g minor, G.F. Handel]
I stumbled upon this cell phone video of Gary Karr (see his Contrabass Conversations videos here) while browsing around YouTube recently. He’s playing with deaf bassist Hector Tirado–check out Hector’s website for recordings as well as information...
Click to Play Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) – Quel sguardo sdegnosettoFrom the February 22, 2009 Chicago Early Music Consort Performance of ‘Per Amore – Music of Love from the Italian Seicento.’ Audio Recording by Free Chin, Choice Media...
