In the first part of this series I described the utter nastiness that results when you combine cabs and double basses. The horrible experiences from this first installment have given me an irrational hatred of cabs. I never take them, bass or no bass. To this day,...
This is the 100th bass video on the blog! Each one has some commentary and information about the player, hall, orchestra, piece, and the like, so have fun browsing through the bass video archives and checking out all the differences in playing styles. If you ever want...
I have been working on several new gig stories and music-related articles this summer, and I will be putting out the next part in my series Basses, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles tomorrow. I will basically be putting out a new article or story each week, and...
The Rest is Noise alerted me to a recent Wall Street Journal column by About Last Night blogger Terry Teachout. He writes: “We’re the last generation of newspaper critics, you know,” a New York drama critic told me the other day. “After us,...
There isn’t any identifying information tagged with this video about who this bass player is or what orchestra he is playing with, so if anybody out there has more information, let me know and I’ll roll it into this post.This is a fabulous rendition of a...
