With the spread of COVID-19 and the resultant social distancing, everything we musicians have taken for granted has been upended. Gigs are canceled. Teaching is canceled. Tours are canceled. Musicians accustomed to teaching in person are suddenly grappling with new...
It goes without saying, but a lot of us musicians are finding themselves stuck at home for the next few weeks… or months, even. All of our playing work has evaporated, and we are seeing those impending bills. That’s the bad news. There’s no sugar-coating...
Most string players own several different bows during the course of their playing career, usually starting on a fiberglass or inexpensive wooden bow in early years of study and upgrading many times on the journey toward professional-level playing. Like strings, rosin,...
Houston Grand Opera principal bassist Dennis Whittaker has an awesome feature in HGO’s house publication Opera Cues
I’ve been a fan of Marcos Machado and his sophisticated approach to double bass technique ever since interviewing him for my podcast several years ago. Spotify | Pandora Marcos’ book Tao of Bass blew me away when I first discovered it. It weaves together several...
