the secret life of a double bass

Gotta love this stunning shot with a bass in the background. It’s as if the bass was a convict making a break for it, with the spotlight searching for the escapee. the secret life of a double bass, originally uploaded by Funny Fish.

Falling off the stage

We had a couple of pretty humorous moment at the Elgin Symphony this month. I usually don’t mention specific people or ensembles in story posts like this after realizing that they’ll pop up right at the top of search results (sometimes before the...

Auditioning

Good morning readers! Peter Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com. There’s gigabytes of information on auditioning out there. Here’s a page my book, “An Introduction to Double Bass Playing” – it’s just a short, clean checklist to get...

Looking at new GarageBand ’09 Features – video

Here’s a short video about some of the cooler new features in GarageBand ’09, the software that I use to record and edit all of my Contrabass Conversations audio podcasts. This is a fantastic piece of software that integrates well with all the other iLife...