Animusic – Resonant Chamber

Folks out there may already be familiar with Animusic videos–they’ve been around for many years. To me, however, they are a great example of how creative people can be when envisioning music, and they are excellent videos to show young students and get...

Parking in the Projects

I get really sick of shelling out $20 or $30 (or more!) for parking every time I play a gig. Add in expensive gas, the clogged Chicago freeways, and the aggrivation of maneuvering a bass in and out of cars and buildings, and I have to think long and hard about a job...

Help! I don’t have time to practice!

Hello fellow bassists and educators, Peter Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com. Jason posted a great article recently about finding time to practice and auditions being a young persons game (check it out here). But what if you ARE a young person (or not so young) and...

PBDB: The SAT’s of Music: Test Prep

  (by Jeff Weisner; crossposted from PBDB) Last year, I did some posts about auditioning and how to approach it. You can read them here andhere, but to recap the main points: – Auditions are standardized tests like the SAT. – Like any standardized test,...

Vito Liuzzi performs Beatles Fantasy

Regular contributor to doublebassblog.org Vito Liuzzi performs a fantasy on tunes by The Beatles: Vito Liuzzi – double bass (Italy) prof.: Rosalba Lapresentazione -Piano Double Bass “Romeo Orsi 1890” “Beatles fantasy” for double bass and...