I blogged this about the same time last year, but Alex Ross reminded me of this fantastically amusing musical disaster. Although I like to think of my Nutcracker disaster story as a great holiday mishap, this one really takes the cake. My recent slip & slide three...
Uwsp playin 07, originally uploaded by double_bass_blogger. Here’s a shot of Suzuki Bass School developer and Contrabass Conversations guest Virginia Dixon with a group of young bassists at a recent clinic for the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. I...
Here’s another excellent video from German bass ensemble Bassiona Amorosa. Learn more about them at www.bassiona-amorosa.de.
MAY 15 – double bass, originally uploaded by Efterklang – photoblog. Double bassist hard at work creating music. The text reads: Andreas Bennetzen www.dynamobass.dk is recording some double bass. Andreas also helps us with some of the string arrangements...
My student Ian Hallas, who has appeared on the blog before playing the Bottesini Concerto, just sent me this fun cat video. It’s a popular one (over 2 million views), but this is the first time I’ve seen it. I love standing cats…
