and the winner is…

The winner for April’s Upton Bass pickup raffle is: Kells Nollenberger Upton will be sending Kells one of their Revolution Solo bass pickups. Kells also entered the March raffle, so it’s great to see him walk away with the pickup for this month. Stay tuned...

String preferences summary

We wrapped up the favorite strings submission month last week, and I thought I’d take a moment and summarize what folks have been trying and what they prefer. I always find these discussions useful, and I hope that you do as well. There’s no “right...

High schoolers – take your bass playing to the next level

It’s not too late to still apply for this summer’s National High School Music Institute, a summer music program in late June and July with a dynamite faculty (including me!) and a lot of great opportunities for taking your bass playing to the next level....

One more day to enter April Upton Pickup giveaway

This Friday is the last day to enter the April raffle for a free Upton Bass Revolution Solo pickup. We don’t have a ton of entries at present, so if you enter then your odds are really good that you’ll get that pickup.  The topic is simple–share with...

The American String Project featured in Strings Magazine

We’ve featured music from the conductorless American String Project and its artistic co-director Barry Lieberman several times before here on the blog and on Contrabass Conversations. Check out this April 2010 article from Strings Magazine about The American...