Set-up for your double bass is our topic today! Getting your bass really cooking with a good set-up will change your life. So far, I’ve covered how getting a better instrument increases your motivation and what a massive impact getting a better bow makes. But...
Hi readers, Peter Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com doing a guest post for DoubleBassBlog.org. I’m often asked about school suggestions for college-bound musicians. Many parents and students assume that a larger school with a well known name is always the...
On both the blog and the podcast, I’ve always taken the stance of making things as good as I can and then putting them out in the world without any apologies. Nothing drives me crazy more than listening to a podcast and hearing the host immediately start apologizing....
My double bass playing took a major leap in quality once I got my Lowendahl bass (more on that in part 1 of this series). The next big step for me in finding my “perfect sound” was upgrading my bow. Lesson No. 2 – Upgrade Your Bow Before Your Bass If you can...
I wrote a three-part series for Drew McManus’ site ArtsHacker earlier this year, and this got my brain going: what if I also put out some “pulling back the curtain” podcasts about how I do all of this and what I’ve learned in the process? So that’s what today’s...
