It’s great to see classical music leaders like Deutsche Grammophon enter the modern age of digital distribution. Alex Ross wrote a post yesterday highlighting some of the features of this new online store, and I received some correspondence from DG...
Here is another well-produced video of the amazing Renaud Garcia-Fons in concert. This first-rate bass playing is truly a delight for the ears. Related Posts: RGF performs Arcoluz RGF performs Berimbass Flying with the bass from RGF Volkan Orhon performs Poucha...
Podcast guru Dave Jackson put out the audio rendition of my now oft-told car explosion story on his Musicians Cooler podcast this week. He titled the episode ‘Holy Crap, My Bass is on Fire!’, which is truly an awesome title. Thanks, Dave! For those...
The Peabody Conservatory of Music has a new exchange program with the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, and Lee Philips, a 4th year double bassist at Peabody, just wrote a post on the Peabody Double Bass blog reflecting on his experiences in this overseas...
This instrument plays great (as you can hear from this clip) and is available for $9500. Contact Todd Matthews at gtmatthews@gmail.com for more information. You can also find this video ad under our For Sale page, and it will be going out on the Contrabass...
