Interesting reading this week (as always) from Drew McManus on his blog Adaptistration. Drew polled readers to see public opinion on whether musicians are best served by remaining with the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) or should search out other...
I’m quite proud of my double bass student Dan Carson. He got into a bunch of the top music schools in the country, and will be attending Indiana University starting this fall. Here’s a link to a video (cross-posted from the WMYA.FM podcast) featuring Dan...
I quite like this photo from Bob Strickland, who has written in many times on all things bass. It’s titled “practice”:
I’ve featured several recordings from this label in the past on Contrabass Conversations: The Kadima Triptych Series (cd/dvd/text package) devoted to documenting the work of bassists. Two titles are now available. 1. Mark Dresser: “Guts” — a...
My friend Andrew Harmon (he’s contributed to dbb.org in the past) is selling a very nice Wilfer bass:
