Post by Phillip Serna – www.phillipwserna.com ______________ Many apologies to blog readers in recent delays to get out segments in the Early Bass Series. I have been working on a large project featuring the achievements of Viennese double bassist and pedagogue...
…in the morning, at least! I spent all of 2007 waking up between four and five a.m., putting the coffee on the stove, cracking my knuckles, and churning out 3-5 blog posts per day. This schedule, quite frankly, was necessitated by both all of my...
Click to Play Jason talks about some recent guests and upcoming guests for the Contrabass Conversations podcast. BTW, do you see a hair ad when you watch this video? I’m getting one right now (I’ve got my advertising turned on through blip.tv, which throws...
The latest issue of Bass Musician Magazine is now live! I’ve contributed a podcast feature to this bi-monthly publication since its inception in 2007, and this month I featured our previous conversation with jazz bass legend Steve Rodby. This...
Here’s a video of a very young Taiwanese bassist playing her heart out on the Dragonetti Concerto mvt 3. Very impressive for a 13-year-old, and a very cute video to boot! There’s a bit of an introduction before the performance, so give it about...
