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Academic Loads – balancing solid musicianship and solid bass playing

This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one of the nation’s most exclusive programs. I think readers will...

Jeff Bradetich’s Annual Summer Master Classes

My former student Tyler Bakken sent me this information about when and where double bassist Jeff Bradetich will be holding his summer master classes. It looks like he’s all over the globe with these activities this year.From Jeff:This summer, I will be teaching...

Advice on auditioning for Juilliard from Orin O’Brien

I have several students preparing for an audition at Juilliard at the moment. Over the years I have had many students audition at this institution, and I thought that it would be valuable to relate some advice given by New York Philharmonic double bassist and...

New Recital Showcase Entry for Andy Anderson

I just added all of the tracks from the most recent Contrabass Conversations episode to Andy Anderson’s Recital Showcase. From this page you can listen to each individual track or download it. Andy’s tracks include:Koussevitzky Concerto mvt 1Koussevitzky...

String Tone Matrix

Double bassist Eric Hochberg sent me a link to a fascinating and useful string tone comparison site by bassist Herve Jeanne. This site compares the tonal characteristics of the pizzicato sounds of:Velvet GarboVelvet AnimaPirastro ChordaPirastro PizzicatoPirastro...

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