I am beginning to create a double bass blogroll for my site, and one thing I am discovering is how few double bass blogs there are out there. This is surprising to me. Most of the ones that I have found haven’t been in the U.S. My favorite bass blog by far is...
I am playing “The Student Prince” for the Music by the Lake festival in Williams Bay, Wisconsin this week. Williams Bay is on the shores of Lake Geneva and is a really beautiful setting for a concert. The concerts take place at Aurora University, which is...
I don’t know if readers of my blog have been checking out the excellent website chicagoclassicalmusic.org recently, but if not they really should (especially Chicagoans). There are really great articles, chats, links, and concert information. This blog features...
Most of my YouTube content will be posted on my spin-off blog bassfun.blogspot.com, but some topical videos will also be posted here. A lot of internet cafes and schools block YouTube, so if you just see blank white boxes in some of my posts then that is most likely...
I just stumbled across this great video of violinist Maxim Verngerov and several bass players playing Monti’s “Czardas”. Does anyone know who these bassists (particularly the one playing the solo part) are? Leave me a comment if you know. Stephen...
