The title for this post is flagrantly ripped off from Doug Yeo, bass trombonist for the Boston Symphony and the author of yeodoug.com, a fabulous internet resource for all classical musicians and students. Doug wrote a great article with this exact title that I...
From a fellow bassist:Kim Collins wrote: Dear Friends & Musicians, Today (10/6) sometime between 2:00-5:30 p.m. my acoustic bass and 2 amplifier rigs were stolen from the stage of the Free Methodist Church, 1435 Cliff Dr., Santa Barbara, CA. The main sanctuary...
About Northwestern University’s Double Bass Master Classes Northwestern University bass professor Peter Lloyd hosted the third in his series of master classes with world-class double bassists this past Saturday (10/4/08) with Lawrence Wolfe. Mr. Wolfe is...
We’ve got a new poll up here on doublebassblog.org. What kind of hours do you put in on your instrument on a daily basis? Average it out–if you play four hours a day followed by no practice, then put down two hours. [poll id=”11″]
Doublebassblog.org contributor Peter Tambroni has written an excellent double bass method book titled An Introduction to String Playing, and he has been a guest on Contrabass Conversations as well. In addition to a career as an active double bass performer and...
