I just got together with International Society of Bassist president and Ball State University bass professor Hans Surm last night to chat about ISB business and do some podcasting. We got some really great footage (both audio and video)–expect to see something...
Here’s a video of Gary Karr describing the history of the ‘Amati’ double bass. Gary talks about the origins of this bass (further research of the instrument has shown that it was not likely to have been made by the Amati brothers) and how it came to...
“Publish my stuff? Online? What…..do you mean my writing?” “You’ve got to be kidding me!” “It’s just………..not…..good enough yet!” If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past...
Dominican Symphony Orchestra bassist Velibor Veljkovic sent me a message recently in search of more information about the Klauss Stoll and Jorg Baumann recording of the Bottesini Passione Amorosa. It sounds like this CD is out of print, and he is having a hard...
Phoenix Symphony and Grant Park Symphony bassist Jonathan Imsande outlined a really outstanding project idea to me this summer, and I’ve spent the last several weeks pondering exactly how this sort of thing would work. I know that is has enormous...
