Double Bass News – November 30, 2019

Double Bass News – November 30, 2019

•Professor Kieran Hanlon shares some tips on shifting.•Check out Michael Bornak’s new Solobass•Cool overview of Cleveland Institute of Music’s double bass program•This question about jazz pizzicato generated a big discussion.•Marcos Machado and François...
Double Bass News – November 15, 2019

Double Bass News – November 15, 2019

•Humor: Check out this Pumpkin spice Pops rosin from the Kansas City Symphony Bass Section. •Edgar Meyer performs the Rossini Duet View this post on Instagram Living the dream. Rehearsing Rossini duo with Edgar Meyer. We are performing it tomorrow in Oklahoma, where...
Finance for the young musician

Finance for the young musician

This post comes from blog and podcast team member Trevor Jones, with whom I’ve collaborated on numerous projects over the years. Trevor wears many hats in the music world, from being the resident bassist at The Marriott Theatre in metro Chicago to performing...
The BassMonsters: UNIO

The BassMonsters: UNIO

Our friends The BassMonsters new album UNIO is out today! The result of an ingenious, cross-border and genre-spanning musical novelty sounds incredibly good. Claus Freudenstein invited eleven top contrabassists to collaborate on an unprecedented musical...