double bass man, originally uploaded by attentialcane. Some folks need to watch their crack intake before gigs!
Chicago Sinfonietta bassist and Birch Creek Music Festival instructor Alan Steiner sent me this fun video recently about what to do on Christmas if you’re Jewish. From www.brandonwalkermusic.com.
Here’s a great video of the German double bass ensemble Bassiona Amorosa (www.bassiona-amorosa.de) performing a Ludwig Streicher arrangement of Bottesini’s Carnival de Venice. I just found a whole slew of new videos featuring this ensemble, and I’ll...
National Symphony Orchestra principal bassist Robert Oppelt put together a great page of information about the wide variety of grips used by professionals on the German bow. As a French bow player, I always find myself struggling when offering advice to students...
DBB.org regular contributor Benjy sent me a link to this very fun video featuring Sid Caesar and Nanette Fabray pantomiming an argument with the first movement of Beethoven’s 5th symphony as a soundtrack. Sid Ceaser was a live sketch comedy pioneer in the 1950s...
