I use the social bookmarking service del.icio.us and really find it a powerful and useful tool. Since I am always using different computers bookmarking links in my web browser is of limited value. With del.icio.us I have all of my internet resources available to me at...
Here are a couple of excellent classical music podcasts that I have been listening to recently. The NACOcast with Christopher Millard is currently my favorite classical podcast. It features great interviews with classical music icons. Double bass players should check...
Many musicians are familiar with the distinctive (to put it mildly) vocal stylings of Florence Foster Jenkins. Convinced of her greatness, she became a cult sensation for her unabashed badness. For those who aren’t familiar with her, here is an excerpt from her...
Michael Hovnanian recently wrote a post on his CSO Bass Blog about Max Dimoff’s warm-up packet. He writes about one of the string crossing exercises (a Simandl Gradus ad Parnessum-style exercise) in particular from these warm-ups and shows it’s application...
This is an ever-growing archive of PDF and MP3 resources for double bassists. Many of them are contributions from readers over the years. If you’ve got something you’d like shared with the general bass public, this site is an easy way to do it. Just...
