I hope you’ve had a good week! I’m packing my bags and heading to Albuquerque, New Mexico tomorrow. My wife is from there, and we’re taking a week to visit family and friends. I can’t resist doing a little geeking out bass-wise while I’m...
I had a great time in Dallas last week at the International Society of Bassists Strategic Planing Meeting. Nicholas Walker, Marcel Villaflor, Brian Perry, Gaelen McCormick, David Murray, John Schimek, and I all met to dig into where we are now as the ISB and where...
These videos are intended to help students learn the pieces in the three volumes of Progressive Repertoire for double bass by George Vance and Annette Costanzi. You can purchase these outstanding books on Amazon through the following links: Progressive Repertoire:...
Today’s the first day of fall! It’s strange living in the land of “endless spring” here in San Francisco. I’d already be dreading the snow at this point of year back in Chicago. Mark Dresser’s first solo LP released Grammy...
Guess how many posts I’ve put out on this blog? 3,700! That’s a lot of posts! I’m back in San Francisco and getting settled into the fall routine, and my inbox is brimming as usual with bass news. Here’s what’s happening: Claus...
