bass scroll shot

bass scroll Originally uploaded by chelseagirl The photographer writes: “I’ve stared at him longingly for days but only had a few seconds to snap this shot. Oh bass, how I luuuuv thee :)”

Twitter Updates for 2007-12-20

Just got home from an 18 hour day in Milwaukee. # Interviewing Cincinnati Symphony principal bassist Owen Lee tomorrow morning for Contrabass Conversations. # Preparing for an interview this morning. # Just wrapped up an excellent interview with Cincinnati Symphony...

links for 2007-12-21

Chuck Norris Facts One of my all-time favorite web sites! (tags: Chuck Norris facts humor) Jazz Bassist/Composers Bill Harrison writes a blog post about Ben Allison, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, and Dave Holland–four of the best jazz bassists of all time....

3-D Double Bass animation

Here is a quite cool (and very short) video of a 3-D rendering of a double bass, complete with a little pizzicato riffing in the background. I like how the virtual camera swoops down to string level, then beyond it to body level, like Luke Skywalker going into the...