Matt Heller put out a thoughtful post last week on his blog hellafrisch about Paul Ellison’s teaching style. You can visit Matt’s post here, but I’ll put out a few teaser quotes.Matt paraphrases Ellison:First there are the things that you know you...
Double bass players and bass guitar players may want to check out this vacancy in the U.S. Army Field Band. If your audition CD is accepted, the Army Band will arrange for and cover all of your travel expenses. You can find relevant information about this position at...
Boguslaw Furtok (a great bassist who has been featured extensively on this blog) is also a talented composer as well as performer. This video (in three short parts) is a live performance of the fifth movement of his Bass Quartet N. 5, performed here by “The...
John Floeter put out a great post on his bass studio blog recently about his thoughts and observations on freelancing and auditioning. This post is quite relevant to many of my writings about the freelance business (which you can find under my Articles link).Here are...
Double bassist John Floeter (Northern Illinois University bass instructor, Grant Park Symphony section member) has really been turning his double bass studio blog into an excellent resource. In addition to offering up technique downloads for students (via...
