Dave Anderson on the podcast tomorrow!

I just want to put out a quick note and let folks know that we’ve got our Dave Anderson episode ready to launch for tomorrow (Saturday, April 19).  We’ll feature a 30 minute segment of the interview plus three tracks: Dave playing Teen Town by Jaco...

Steve Metcalf performs the Bottesini Concerto

My good friend Andy Giller (a former New World Symphony member) forwarded this link of Steve Metcalf rehearsing the Bottesini Concerto with his local youth orchestra. The orchestra sounds like you’d expect from a high school group in the early stages of putting...

Double bass transcriptions by Kirsten Paige

University of Chicago student Kirsten Paige recently completed a set of transcriptions for the double bass, and she has graciously offered to make these available to the double bass community.  I just added them to the doublebassblog.org downloads page, and you...

Add your voice to Contrabass Conversations

I haven’t thrown this offer out in a while, but if anyone out there would like to record a bumper for the podcast on their computer, I’d be happy to put it between segments of an upcoming show. Examples of a bumper include: “Hi, this is __________,...

How solo part assignments change your playing

As a performer of an instrument traditionally used in multi-member orchestral  sections, much of my energy and focus in rehearsals and performances is spent achieving unanimity of blend, pitch, timing, and tone with my double bass colleagues.  My goal is to...