My good friend Andy Giller (a former New World Symphony member) forwarded this link of Steve Metcalf rehearsing the Bottesini Concerto with his local youth orchestra. The orchestra sounds like you’d expect from a high school group in the early stages of putting...
University of Chicago student Kirsten Paige recently completed a set of transcriptions for the double bass, and she has graciously offered to make these available to the double bass community. I just added them to the doublebassblog.org downloads page, and you...
As I was wheeling my bass down the street the other day, I passed by a homeless person with a shopping cart filled with all sorts of stuff–blankets, cans, old bottles, newspapers, and all sorts of other various items piled high. I approached, carrying not...
I haven’t thrown this offer out in a while, but if anyone out there would like to record a bumper for the podcast on their computer, I’d be happy to put it between segments of an upcoming show. Examples of a bumper include: “Hi, this is __________,...
As a performer of an instrument traditionally used in multi-member orchestral sections, much of my energy and focus in rehearsals and performances is spent achieving unanimity of blend, pitch, timing, and tone with my double bass colleagues. My goal is to...
