What to practice when time is of the essence?

Double bassist and blogger Joe Lewis wrote a post yesterday that raised some very good questions. He writes: I’ve often thought much about efficiency when practicing music. I used to park myself in a practice room from dawn until midnight back at NEC and even before...

Insightful Rabbath technique comment from Benjy

Bass blog contributor Benjy wrote a wonderful comment after viewing the Hans Sturm videos about the Rabbath technique that we’ve been posting here. Since comment can quickly disappear under the radar here (due to the daily avalanche of new content), I thought...

Bass Audition Roundup – October 2007

For many more auditions, also visit http://www.afm.org/ for information on the auditions below: New York PhilharmonicDOUBLE BASS – Section Double Bass – 1 positionResume Date – December 15, 2007Audition Date – Winter and Spring of 2007 and...