French bassist Louis-Michel Marion recently got in touch with me after checking out my blog. He has a website himself that is extremely interesting and very artistic. I’m not sure whether to call it a blog or not, but it is set up like a blog, with a new post...
I didn’t realize that Emily From Rantings of a Kontrabasssist is also playing in the Singapore bass quartet video I posted yesterday. Two bloggers in one quartet–not bad!
Michael Hovnanian recently put up a new post on his CSO Bass Blog with some left hand exercises he has been practicing. It looks like good stuff. I remember working on materials like this when I was studying with Michael. Note the use of the third finger in the low...
My bass blogging buddy PY sent me a link to her Singaporean bass quartet rehearsing an Irving Berlin rag. They are all amateur bassists from Singapore, and I think it sounds great. I hope theyalso put up pieces from the concert on YouTube.
I love these demotivational posters. Dark Roasted Blend, one of my favorite blogs, just did a post with them which reminded me of some of my favorites. You can find more from Despair.com.