This photo features the Lyric Opera of Chicago bass section onstage beneath the imposing countdown clock from John Adams’ opera Doctor Atomic. (pictured left to right: Greg Sarchet, Aventino Calvetti, Mike Geller, Andy Anderson, Brian Ferguson, and Collins...
Double Bass Padawan: My Way of Practicing the Double Bass, Part 2: Nitty Gritty Here’s a very insightful post from a bassist who thinks very deeply about the art of practicing and improving. Great work, Ben! (tags: double bass blog ben huff) Kenneth Woods- a...
We passed the 2000 post milestone over the weekend on www.doublebassblog.org. It seems like it was only a few months ago that we hit 1000 posts…oh wait, it was just as few months ago (in May 2007)! That’s what happens when you put out 3-5 daily posts, I...
This photo of Domenico Dragonetti’s Gasparo da Salò comes from Italian bassist Vito Liuzzi. Note the broad shoulders, richly colored varnish, and three string set-up. A student of mine recently performed the Dragonetti Concerto with orchestra, and he...
…on the birth of Eli, their second son! Andy plays bass for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, teaches at Roosevelt University, and is a regular contributor to the Contrabass Conversations podcast. He also happens to be a dear friend, and I wish him and his...
