Buying a Double Bass Part II – Where to Look

I have an eBook version of this post! Click Here to download the eBook There are four main methods used to find a double bass. In this post, we cover all four methods and their benefits and drawbacks. These are my opinions based on my own bass searches and those of my...

Charles Barr memorial

Cleveland Orchestra bassist Charles Barr was struck and killed by a truck this past Friday. He was riding home from work on his bicycle. Charles and I were the same age, and we had worked together when I subbed in the New World Symphony. Before becoming a member of...

Exploring Evanston

I live in Evanston, Illinois, which is a college town just north of Chicago. It has a population of just under 100,000 people. Most of it is densely populated, much like Chicago. South Evanston in fact looks almost exactly like Chicago.Evanston is a beach town. That...

More website functionality

I am working on adding some new features to my blog. In the navigation bar at the top of the blog you will now see a “downloads” tab. It’s taking a while, but I am making available several hundred MP3s, PDFs, and the like that I have generated for my...

Eccles Sonata in Solo Tuning for Double Bass

One of the pieces I played for my recent recital on Gary Karr’s old bass was the Eccles Sonata. As I was preparing it I did a Google search to find a piano part in solo tuning. I hunted all over but could not find a solo tuning bass version for sale, so I...