One can’t help but have their interest piqued by the title of Justin Locke’s expose about the inner workings of the music business. Real Men Don’t Rehearse is the exact sort of book I love to read–witty, lighthearted, yet insightful and full...
Japan has a reputation for being especially receptive to double bass solo and ensemble music, so it’s no surprise that my first encounter with new tracks from the Bass Gang would be targeted toward Japanese audiences. Italian double bassist Vito Liuzzi...
ClassicalMusicNews.tv blogger and frequent Contrabass Conversations collaborator John Grillo wrote a recent post about his upcoming performances of Mahler’s Second Symphony with the New Jersey Symphony and NJSO music director Neemi Jarvi. I’ve had...
I’ve been working on the Bass Blog Music Store, adding new items and tweaking the navigation. If you haven’t checked it out recently, you can do so here. There’s also a link in the menubar for the blog. I’ll be adding many new...
I’d like to take a moment and thank double bassist and gambist Phillip Serna for his wonderful ongoing series Early Music Perspectives, which he is guest posting at DoubleBassBlog.org. Phillip has been interviewing a wide variety of early music specialists...
