Rabbath versus Simandl – a comparative study for double bass

If you’re thinking about purchasing any of the following method books, click through the links below and a portion of your purchase will go to support doublebassblog.org and our podcast! There are two predominant double bass pedagogical methods in the United...

Musical Examples on Michael Hovnanian’s CSO Bass Blog

Michael Hovnanian has been writing some posts on his CSO Bass Blog that would be very helpful to classical double bassists. He has been providing some fingering solutions for pieces that the Chicago Symphony has been performing recently.Check out his Mahler 7 post or...

The Bass Gang

In keeping with my recent post about pop music, my former student Tyler Bakken directed me to this great recording of Van Halen’s “Jump” by The Bass Gang. Click this link to listen to the arrangement! Also click the photo to check out their website...

Symphony on the Swamp

During the summers of 2001 and 2002 I played double bass for the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina. Originally this organization was part of the Festival of Two Worlds that Gian Carlo Menotti started in conjunction with Spoleto, Italy, and the same...

My Blogroll

I have been working on including as many relevant double bass, electric bass, music, and education blogs as I can on my blogroll in the sidebar on this blog. If anybody has any suggestions for more blogs to list, please leave a comment or e-mail me with ideas....