My cat Dan is a very chatty orange tabby. Here’s a short video of him that my wife shot on her iPhone 3GS in the dark–he always responds to people talking like this:
Dave Anderson, who in addition to being an excellent composer and bassist (as well as a former Contrabass Conversations guest), has just published his Sonata No. 2 for Double Bass and Piano. This piece was written for Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Bass Hal Robinson...
Peter Askim, conductor for the Idylwild Arts Academy (and a heck of a bassist and composer–check out his Contrabass Conversations interview for more information) still has some openings for double bass students for the 2009-10 academic year. This is a wonderful...
Duquesne University features bass teachers Micah Howard and Jeff Turner. Jeff Turner is the Principal Bass for the Pittsburgh Symphony and is also a former Contrabass Conversations guest, and this video features a student of Duquesne performing the Rachmaninoff...
I was sharing stories of horrific double bass destructions with the students in the low string methods class I was teaching at DePaul this past spring, and I realized that I actually had two tales (not about me, luckily!) that I hadn’t yet shared on the blog:...
