Exciting new developments for the fall

As I pack my bags and put the finishing touches on the next two week’s podcast episodes, I’d like to take a moment and let people know about several new projects we’re cooking up for the fall here on the blog and for the Contrabass Conversations...

An encore to end all encores

Double bassist John Floeter just sent me a link to this completely wild video from the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra playing Bernstein’s ‘Mambo’ from West Site Story. This Venezuelan youth orchestra makes American orchestras...

Paradise on the Pacific

We will be leaving tomorrow for our Kauai wedding and honeymoon, so I will be dropping off the online radar until early September. During that time, Phillip Serna will be regularly updating the bass blog, so there will still be blogging activity here.I will be setting...

Four bass players playing one instrument

Yesterday I posted a video sent to me by Peter Szczepanek featuring Stringfever (a U.K.-based string quartet) playing Bolero on one cello all at the same time.After asking when bass players would try the same thing, Márcio Domingues from Portugal said… hi jason!...

Just wrapped up an interview with Donovan Stokes

Double bassist, electric bassist, and Shenandoah Conservatory bass professor Donovan Stokes and I just wrapped up an interview this afternoon. Donovan is a very creative bassist and composer who was feature on Episode 13 of the podcast. Expect to hear this interview...