Bass shot(s) of the day

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Visible sound waves in sand

Double bassist Doug Johnson (Gunnelpumpers, Contrabass Conversations guest) recently sent me a link to this very cool video featuring a demonstration of how sound waves affect some sand. Very interesting–you can actually see how sound waves look visually!Related...

Song about getting a bass on a plane

Double bassist Scott Worthington recently sent me a link to this very funny video featuring Jay Leonhart singing about trying to get a bass violin on a plane–any plane. Scott’s own composition ‘Disrepresentation’ was featured back in January on...

Double Bassist John Floeter’s Double Bass Studio Blog

Double bassist John Floeter recently started a blog. John is on the bass faculty for Northern Illinois University, and he plays bass for the Grant Park Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta, Lake Forest Symphony, and many other Chicagoland ensembles. John is also my stand...

International Society of Bassists Convention Schedule

The 2007 International Society of Bassists Convention will be taking place June 4-9 at Wanda L. Bass (fitting name) School of Music on the campus of Oklahoma City University. I imagine that many bass blog readers will be attending this event, and I’d love to...