Grant Park Symphony bassist and blogger John Floeter put out a recent post on his blog about organizing practice time. He writes:I divide practice into two large categories, technique and repertoire. Within these two categories are many subcategories.Technique Goals:...
Bass blog reader Jake Siener recently sent me a link to this excellent video of Iztok Hrastnik playing the first movement of the Koussevitzky Concerto. What a performance!Related Posts:Rabbath’s Poucha DassCatalin Rotaru plays Bottesini Concerto mvt 1Gary Karr...
This is my first real week of vacation in over six months, and it is a humongous relief to finally have come time to kick back and relax. As a result of all this discretionary time, I have made some big behind-the-scenes changes to the blog and the podcast–the...
After a few hiccups here and there, I’m proud to announce a totally redesigned Contrabass Conversations site. This professional design should hopefully serve the podcast well as it heads into the future, and I’d love to hear reader reactions to this site....
I just completed an excellent interview with Time for Three bassist Ranaan Meyer. John Grillo (a Contrabass Conversations regular) and I co-interviewed Ranaan, and you can expect the first part of this interview on next week’s podcast.Ranaan is well-versed in...
