Gotta love this stunning shot with a bass in the background. It’s as if the bass was a convict making a break for it, with the spotlight searching for the escapee. the secret life of a double bass, originally uploaded by Funny Fish.
We had a couple of pretty humorous moment at the Elgin Symphony this month. I usually don’t mention specific people or ensembles in story posts like this after realizing that they’ll pop up right at the top of search results (sometimes before the...
Here’s a short video about some of the cooler new features in GarageBand ’09, the software that I use to record and edit all of my Contrabass Conversations audio podcasts. This is a fantastic piece of software that integrates well with all the other iLife...
We’re continuing with these new ‘Bass Blog TV’ episodes this week, rounding up some of the more interesting stories from the bass community this past week. These are new sorts of video episodes, and I’m still getting comfortable with the...
My bass student Kevin Helfman just passed along a link to this very cool video of Count Basie playing a duet with Cleveland Eaton, Basie’s long time bassist. Listen to him wail in the upper register! [From YouTube – Count Basie – Booty’s Blues]...
