(Crossposted from PBDB) Any music student of even a moderate degree of seriousness ends up spending some time in orchestra rehearsals. In fact, usually they end up spending a LOT of time in orchestra rehearsals. There’s lots of very good reasons for this. Many bass...
One of the great double bass pedagogues passed away recently, and a new foundation has been established in his memory (from the ISB E-Bass Line): The George Vance Young Bassists Education Fund, established in honor and memory of the late George Vance, and will be...
We hit 3000 posts last week, and I was too caught up in holiday activities to notice until today. 3000 posts is, by any standard, a lot of posts! In fact, that’s an average of almost 2 posts a day since I started the blog back in 2005. Since I’ve generally...
We’re offering a one-of-a-kind treat for podcast listeners out there this New Year’s Day. Guy Tuneh, the marvelous double bass virtuoso who has made many appearances on the blog and podcast in the past, has asked me to release this complete and unedited...
We’ll be featuring double bassist Barry Green on this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. In addition to being an influential bassist and teacher (he served as Principal Bass for the Cincinnati Symphony for 28 years, has written many method books,...
