Here’s the next “worst gig ever” submission in our series, this time from double bassist Eric Hochberg. Eric is located here in metro Chicago and has contributed several times to doublebassblog.org in the past (as well as being a part of the quite...
Here’s a painfully great gig story from Brayden Wise, the bassist for the Central Band of the Canadian Forces. It’s the first submission I’m putting out in conjunction with the raffle for a free Upton bass pickup. If you’d like to be a...
Jason’s wife, Courtney, here. Though I’m not a bassist, I do play a large instrument (the harp, whose lowest note is the same C as a bass’ with a C extension), and as such I feel an affinity for my bass- playing bretheren and hope you’ll...
Most of the time I get called for straight-laced classical fare, usually consisting of endless half notes and whole notes. My chief concerns in these cases usually end up being things like making sure I don’t cough or drop my bow as I go completely mentally...
One of my all-time favorite audition stories came from a member of a major symphony when I asked him what the worst audition he’d ever heard was like: Apparently, this orchestra never pre-screens their candidates, making for a quite egalitarian yet massively...
