Renaud Garcia-Fons performs Arcoluz

Rabbath protégé Renaud Garcia-Fons performs another incredibly compelling piece in this video. If you haven’t seen him perform before, you’re in for a real treat. I can’t wait to get a chance to see him live. This video is quite short...

Adaptistration post welcomes Arts Addict

Drew McManus gave me very warm welcome to the Adaptistration family on Monday.  Thanks, Drew!  He writes: There’s excitement in the air as today marks the launch of the latest installment of a developing three-way mirror of cultural conversation...

Bass shot of the day – Melbourne Symphony

3180 Double Bass Duo, originally uploaded by tengtan. Here’s an action shot of two double bass players from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. This photo was taken at one of the four free concerts at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl (Melbourne) in early 2007.subscribe...

Frequency and Rhythm – Doug Johnson on harmonic rhythms

Double bassist Doug Johnson (www.myspace.com/douglasjohnson) has written a series of fascinating blog posts on the relationship between pitch cycles per second and how these translate to beats per minute.  This is heady and fascinating stuff!  Doug writes:...