Interview with Ira Gold this weekend and Greg Sarchet next weekend

I am busy editing the next installment of the Contrabass Conversations interview with National Symphony Orchestra double bassist Ira Gold. It will be released this weekend, and it should prove to be very interesting and informative.I also did an interview yesterday...

New Recital Showcase coming in next few days

I am putting the finishing touches on the next Recital Showcase for Contrabass Conversations. This episode will feature a full-length recital from double bassist Phillip Serna, and it will include music of Brahms, Hertl, Misek, and Rachmaninoff. This will be an extra...

Bass Travel Nightmares from Meredith Nelson

I mentioned in a recent Contrabass Conversations episode that I would be sharing Canadian bassist Meredith Nelson’s experiences with double bass plane travel over the years. It is a great reflection of all the garbage we bassists have to deal with just to bring...

Easier access to audio files on the Bass Blog

I’ve been getting reports of mixed results with the little player buttons I have been using for the Virtual Master Class tracks and the Contrabass Conversations episodes. I am going to go ahead and make sure that there is a direct link that you can click for...

Resources for the Double Bassist

This is a portal to all of the double bass resources listed on this blog. There is a lot of information on this blog (as well as a lot of MP3 and PDF downloads), and clicking around will lead to even more information than is listed here. This should get you started,...