Aaron J. Brown and his colleagues at the Chicago School of Violin Making have begun an exciting new bass construction project that we’ll be documenting here at doublebassblog.org. Aaron is working on producing a copy of Chicago Symphony bassist Dan...
Hip hop rhythms through sound proof glass From On An Overgrown Path: “The background rumble of trains on the London Underground passing beneath the hall can be heard on several of the great classical recordings made in the Kingsway Hall in the 1960s and...
My Way of Practicing the Double Bass, Part 1: Hours From Ben Huff: “Practicing is another one of those things, like auditions, that everybody has their own take on. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve talked to, articles I’ve read, and...
Read Part 1 of this story here. _____________ All things being equal, it is almost always a better deal to accept in-town work rather than out-of-town work as a freelancer. The pay is usually better, the hours are usually shorter, and the artistic quality is...
I am taking off tomorrow for a board meeting for the International Society of Bassists, and I can’t wait to get out of this frigid cold and into a more moderate climate. The high for Dallas is over 70 degrees Fahrenheit during my time there–a welcome...
