Double bassist Eric Hochberg sent me a link to a fascinating and useful string tone comparison site by bassist Herve Jeanne. This site compares the tonal characteristics of the pizzicato sounds of:Velvet GarboVelvet AnimaPirastro ChordaPirastro PizzicatoPirastro...
Carlos Del Pino is an amazing jazz double bass player from Cuba. Now living in NYC, he has become the epitome of passion, power and precision when performing. This cat is awesome!Accompanying Carlos in the background, you can hear Chiemi Nakai (piano), Emmanuel Bizeau...
I recently created a section on the blog specifically for educators. There is a lot of material buried beneath he surface of this blog, and it is my hope to make this material more accessible to both teachers and students. This page will act as a portal to the more...
I’d like to thank double bassist and blogger Matt Heller for giving my story about my car exploding a plug. This was truly a surreal event for me. I am working on part 2 of this story, and I hope to have it out later on this week.My crazy schedule makes it...
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,...
