Patty from oboeinsight just clued me in to this fantastic blog by double bassist Robert Meyer. I can’t believe that this blog has escaped my attention. It is (like the title suggests) a series of reminiscences on Robert’s extremely varied career in the...
Double bass sculpture, Settlement Music School, Queen Street, Philadelphia, PA USARelated Posts:More bass shots of the day – 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Double bassist Brandon Mitchell just left a great comment about my Advice for Aspiring Music Performance Majors post:This a really amazing article. It definitely scared the crap out of me, though! You know what they say (paraphrased) “the best music teachers are...
So where do we go from here? Do we all just turn in our instruments and quit this miserable business? Not me, and not you either, I imagine. We musicians know the value of what we do. We know that our art can change lives, create happiness, inspire greatness in...
Update: Since the publication of his book Double Bass: The Ultimate Challenge, we’ve removed these PDFs (since they are part of the book). We do have a great interview with Jeff on the Contrabass Conversations podcast, and Jeff was recently featured talking...