Here’s a great video of the German double bass ensemble Bassiona Amorosa (www.bassiona-amorosa.de) performing a Ludwig Streicher arrangement of Bottesini’s Carnival de Venice. I just found a whole slew of new videos featuring this ensemble, and I’ll...
National Symphony Orchestra principal bassist Robert Oppelt put together a great page of information about the wide variety of grips used by professionals on the German bow. As a French bow player, I always find myself struggling when offering advice to students...
My wife got in an accident in this slippery weather. Sometimes I really hate this city. Especially in the winter. # Hanging out with Courtney and the cats. # Posted ‘Guy Tuneh performs Mendelssohn Sextet mvt 1’ to blip.tv: http://blip.tv/file/523900 #...
Matt Wengerd, one of my very first bass blogger contacts back in 2006, recently overhauled his blog, and it really looks great. Matt’s blog is essential reading if you’re a bassist. He’s got tons of great content for bassists of all specialties,...
Here are some stories that have caught my attention this past week. Most of them could use a blog post all their own, but I seem to be spending all my time digging my car out of snowbanks these days, so these links will have to do: Danny Newman: 1919-2007...
