Bassist Jon Stefaniak recently forwarded a link to me featuring this excerpt of a video lesson with Metropolitan Orchestra Principal Bass Tim Cobb. Tim teaches a bass student (likely a Juilliard student, though this is not specified in the video notes) the...
The price of gas rose 31.5 percent in 2007, which means that the average consumer (driving 10,000 miles a year) will spend between $5,510 and $9,095 to operate a 2008 model car. This figure is based on gas, oil, tires, and maintenance–parking or tolls are...
Jason discusses reasons why one may decide to back out of one gig in favor of another, and some of the hairy problems that this can cause down the road!
The latest issue of Bass Musician Magazine is now live! I’ve contributed a podcast feature to this bi-monthly publication since its inception in 2007, and this month I featured our previous conversation with jazz bass legend Steve Rodby. This...
San Diego Symphony Principal Bass Jeremy Kurtz (we’ll be interviewing him on Contrabass Conversations in the near future) passed along a link for a free tool for Macs created by a violinist in the San Diego Symphony. Looking for an accurate tempo? ...
