In addition to sending us written announcements for your upcoming bass recitals (which we’ll feature on our events page and read aloud on the Contrabass Conversations podcast), feel free to send along any MP3s or video clips of your recitals after they occur. ...
Butler University bass professor David Murray (one of the bassists featured on this weekend’s Contrabass Conversations episode) recently passed along this request from double bassist Karna Mason. She’s doing a study on playing-related pain in double...
This is a post from National Symphony Orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner. Jeff also teaches bass at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore and co-authors the blog PeabodyDoubleBass. Click here for all of Jeff’s doublebassblog.org posts. ____________ One month from today I’ll...
We’ll be featuring an interview with David Murray, Volkan Orhon, Paul Sharpe, and Anthony Stoops on this weekend’s Contrabass Conversations episode. These four bassists have been assembling from time to time as the Bad Boyz of Bass, and they are certainly...
Click to Play Listen to a very tired Jason prattle on about the pros and cons of the freelance lifestyle in this video. Though I’m trying to keep the tone light, you can tell that the last few days have been nothing but driving, playing, driving,...
