Michael Hovnanian recently wrote a post on his CSO Bass Blog about Max Dimoff’s warm-up packet. He writes about one of the string crossing exercises (a Simandl Gradus ad Parnessum-style exercise) in particular from these warm-ups and shows it’s application...
This is an ever-growing archive of PDF and MP3 resources for double bassists. Many of them are contributions from readers over the years. If you’ve got something you’d like shared with the general bass public, this site is an easy way to do it. Just...
I spent the summer of 1997 on tour with the the American-Russian Youth Orchestra . This was a really excellent ensemble with a noble mission. It originally started in 1987 as the American-Soviet Youth Orchestra as a cultural exchange program. Half of the musicians...
The photo sharing service Flickr has a feature that will display the most interesting photos from the past week. This is a really cool feature and hours of fun. I use Flickr all the time (view my photos here), and I have found all sorts of unusual and beautiful photos...
Here’s a great story I recently found through the Chicago Classical Music blog. A trombonist decided to use his bell to shoot off firecrackers. Read the story here. I would have loved to see this happen.
