Blog reader Bob Martin emailed me recently with some quite cool posts from Todd’s Bass Blog, a fairly new blog chronicling Todd’s journey to relearn the double bass. Todd is currently working as a bassist in metro Denver, where he plays with a variety of...
University of North Texas and Cleveland Institute of Music bass professor Jeff Bradetich (also a former Contrabass Conversations guest) has just released a book titled Double Bass: The Ultimate Challenge . This book represents the culmination of all the concepts and...
Nancy Louie, a parent of one of the bassists participating in the Young Bassists program at the International Society of Bassists 2009 Convention, has published a gallery of photos featuring these young players in action. Check them out, and check out my retrospective...
This video features double bassist Guy Tuneh (former Contrabass Conversations guest) performing the Kirchensonate in Eb Major by Mozart for the 2009 Bodenseefestival. This recoding features Rainer Kussmaul and Aysen Ulucan (violins), Guy Tuneh (bass), and Christian...
Here are some video clips I shot at the International Society of Bassists 2009 Convention, along with some photos snapped by bassist Matt Heller (and me as well at the end). Matt did some absolutely outstanding coverage of the ISB Convention at a blog he created for...
