We’ll be featuring San Diego Symphony Principal Bass Jeremy Kurtz this weekend on Contrabass Conversations. Jeremy has been actively involved in the International Society of Bassists and was the catalyst for the recent John Harbison Concerto for Double Bass,...
When it’s time to hit the woodshed and do some serious practicing, there are a handful of no-brainer items that everyone needs–instrument, music, and music stand. Adding a few extra tools into the mix can make for much more productive and enjoyable...
Former Contrabass Conversations guest Justin Locke, formerly with the Boston Pops and author of “Real Men Don’t Rehearse: Adventures in the Secret World of Professional Orchestras” has a new blog. Go to justinlocke.typepad.com.
I certainly never imagined that this would happen, but almost every single long-form post I’ve written in the past few months has been on the iPhone. I now only use my laptop for more advanced image manipulation, adding links (something the iPhone is horrible...
My double bass colleague Benjy (who has contributed many posts to this blog in the past) sent me a link to the following video of François Rabbath performing at the the 3rd Warsaw Bass Festival during the summer of 2008: Now check out Rabbath’s Contrabass...
