Melbourne Bass Day 2019
Rob Nairn will be hosting the third annual Melbourne Bass Day November 24th. Learn more in this conversation with Rob and check out more details on their Facebook event page.
New Jazz Course with John Goldsby
John Goldsby’s new course Jazz Bass Vol.2: Stretching Out has just been released by Discover Double Bass.
Here’s a lesson from the new course with John:
You can also check out more about John’s filming process from this past conversation with him for Contrabass Conversations.
Bass Extension Deep-Dive
This week’s video focuses on styles of bass extensions, technique, notation, and more. Check out the accompanying blog post here.
Quick Hits
- UNL lands 2021 international convention of 1,500 bassists
- Rabbath Clinic 2019 performance by Brandino
- The Momo Zone – all about motivating musicians
- Between Two Worlds – Jeff Denson, Romain Pilon & Brian Blade
- Double-Stop Blues Etude by John Goldsby — Discover Double Bass
- The Four Stages of Memorization – How to Memorize Music – from The Musician’s Way
- 6 Keys to Music School Survival – from The Musician’s Way
- Sara Neilson – what were the first orchestral excerpts that you learned in the course of your education?
- congrats to David Allen Moore for his month-long guest principal bass residency with the Israel Philharmonic
- congrats to Darren Cueva on joining the Tuscon Symphony
- Douglas Mapp plays Bottesini Elegy
- Nina Harries now available
- Marcos Machado tears it up on the bass
- cool shot from Departure Duo live Berlin performance
Moment of Zen
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