If I didn’t manage to give readers enough reasons to start blogging in my previous post on dynamic growth possibilities for blogging and podcasting, here’s one additional reason: it’s good for your career. Bass trombonist Mark Fry brought this post...
Here is the second movement of the Bottesini Concerto No. 2 in B minor played by Arizona State University bass professor Catalin Rotaru. Catalin was featured on Contrabass Conversations Episode 19 playing the last movement of the Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor, which...
Summer is approaching fast here, and I’d like to encourage double bassists at all levels to try and perform in some sort of summer music festival. I wrote a blog post on the importance of summer festivals last year, and the advice from that post still holds...
Click here to view a touching photo tribute put together of scenes from double bassist Corin Long’s life. Corin was the principal bassist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and he tragically died in a diving accident in Spain this March.
More and more people from all walks of life are beginning to realize the real power that tools such as blogging and podcasting have for niche communities like the double bass world. The more involved I get in the online double bass world and the more comfortable I get...
