We will be featuring Rice University double bass professor Paul Ellison on Contrabass Conversations in the next couple of weeks. Paul and I had a great interview and covered a wide array of subjects, and I know that you’ll really enjoy hearing from this major...
Practicing orchestra excerpts is a major focal point for most bassists. While spending a sustained period of study with a master teacher is crucial, there are some online resources that can help. Here are a few of my favorites: 1. DoubleBassExcerpts.com Double Bass...
In addition to putting out new interviews on Contrabass Conversations, we are focusing on finding way to highlight this spectacular back catalog that we’ve built from eight years of audio interviews. One of the early gems of the show was our interview with...
OK–this video is awesome. Check out this very cool arrangement of Jean Sibelius’ Valse Triste by Contrabass Conversations guest Charles DeRamus. Charlie is a fabulous bassist and a great composer and arranger, and this video is totally worth a...
This post originally appeared on doublebassblog.org on 9/11/08. These are my observations of the most common mistakes that double bassists make in their early years on the instrument: 1. Practicing too little OK–this is an obvious one to start out the list...
