My low-end friend Matt Heller (hellafrisch blog, New World Symphony) was recently featured in a New York Times article titled The Face-The-Music Academy by Daniel J. Wakin. This article is an in-depth look at Miami’s New World Symphony program, and it is a...
I’d like to thank all of the bassists who have either sent me their MySpace URL or else become my friend on MySpace. I am in the process of going through and finding friends of my new friends who play bass and adding them to the archive, so it will continue to...
Most bassists who don’t hold the principal chair in a major symphony orchestra can count on one had the times that they get to play a solo in orchestra. Double bass is an instrument that does not usually fall into the solo spotlight during your typical orchestra...
Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony double bassist Andy Anderson has just been appointed as a member of the bass faculty of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. This is really exciting news both for Andy and...
I just added Chicago jazz and classical bassist Kells Nollenberger’s MySpace page to the Double Bass MySpace archive. Kells is an awesome jazz and classical double bassist, and he also has done a ton of electric playing as well. Check out his MySpace page...
