Franco Petracchi plays Bottesini Tarantella

Here’s a very 1970s-looking documentary featuring the incomprable Franco Petracchi playing the Bottesini Tarantella. Man–listen to that fantastic bass sound! Just what I imagine i my mind when I think of a classic Italian bass sound.

Where I’ll be during the ISB convention

Folks planning on attending the International Society of Bassists Convention this week at Penn State will be able to find me in a variety of places on Wednesday through Saturday. I’ll be participating in some events, recording others, and doing both “man...

Private Lesson Studio Ruminations – complete multi-part series

I’ve done several multi-part blog posts over the years, though my output has admittedly slowed somewhat since getting bogged down in school this past year. Most of these posts are gig stories, however–I think that this is my first one dedicated solely to...

Ed Barker on Contrabass Conversations this Saturday

Bassists: get ready to check out an interview that will knock your socks off. Contrabass Conversations co-host John Grillo recently did an interview with Boston Symphony Principal Bass Ed Barker. In addition to chatting about his early years on the instrument,...