Bass shot of the day

Regular contributor Phillip Serna sent in this photo of his double bass and gambas. He’s got his work cut out for him whenever he needs to replace his strings:Related Posts:Maggini exhibition photobeautiful Millennium Park photodemotivational postersBassfest...

Weekly Wrap-Up

Here’s a quick wrap-up of this week’s bass scene news, blog posts, and other activity:I released the first part of my new series called ‘This Crazy Business’. This first installment lays the groundwork for what follows in future installments. I...

Audition – Quad City Symphony Orchestra section bass

Know of an upcoming double bass audition? E-mail me (jsh177@yahoo.com) and we’ll list it on the blog.___________This position may interest bassists living in western Illinois or eastern Iowa. I have met several Chicagoans who have played in this orchestra, but...

Audition – Ann Arbor Symphony section bass

Here is some information for an upcoming Ann Arbor Symphony audition. Interestingly, they are providing links to copies of some of the audition repertoire, so even if you aren’t taking this audition, you may want to go ahead and download the repertoire files...

Jason on his podcast recording rig

Double bassist Kells Nollenberger took this shot of me while interviewing Time for Three bassist Ranaan Meyer for this week’s Contrabass Conversations podcast. I’m doing a conference call over Skype with bassist John Grillo and Ranaan, and recording the...