The following are materials that I recommend for both classical and jazz double bassists. Clicking through many of these links will help to support the blog and podcast, which I really appreciate! I have even more resources on contrabassconversations.com/teaching...
Here’s the latest Weekly Update episode! Check out all past episodes at contrabassconversations.com/news, and send me any stories you’d like shared at feedback@contrabassconversations.com. Stories Covered: Quote of the Week Matthew McDonald News of the Week Acoustic...
I’ve spent decades tinkering with my approach to teaching double bass beginners. I vividly recall teaching my first beginner lesson over 20 years ago. This poor kid was staring doe-eyed at me as I gesticulated wildly. With absolutely no idea what I was doing, I had...
Here’s the latest Weekly Update episode! Check out all past episodes at contrabassconversations.com/news, and send me any stories you’d like shared at feedback@contrabassconversations.com. Stories Covered: Quote of the Week Hans Sturm Link of the Week Annotated...
This series is divided into five parts: Part 1 – Preface: My Strange Path Through the Music World Part 2 – Building My Freelance Career Part 3 – How Sinking My Freelance Career Helped Me Part 4 – Teaching High School (what you’re reading) Part 5 – Building My...
