Satisfactions of section playing – new article coming soon

I’m not putting out a new story, article, or other long form piece of writing this week due to an insanely busy schedule, but I’ve got a lot of ideas kicking around that should be appearing on the blog in the next several weeks. One subject that I’ve...

Guy Tuneh is now on Facebook

I know that many blog readers are huge fans of Guy Tuneh (and understandably so).  This popular double bassist is now on Facebook, so interested readers can visit his page and network with him!  You can always check out his website at www.guytuneh.com or...

Ira Gold plays Bach on the podcast this weekend

Just a quick note to let folks know that you’ll get to hear the National Symphony’s Ira Gold performing Bach’s Gigue from the first cello suite this weekend on the podcast. Ira’s an amazing player and has a lot of very perceptive thoughts on...

My cats wake me up this way every single day (!)

Not even a whiff of double bass in this post, aside from the fact that so many bassists seem to have cats.  My wife Courtney sent me a copy of this extremely cute video last week, and after also getting a copy from Holly Mulcahy, I decided that it just had to go...

Hans Sturm teaches the Rabbath technique – part 2

International Society of Bassists President and Ball State University Bass Professor Hans Sturm and I got together over the weekend and filmed a chat about the Rabbath left hand position technique. Hans does a great job explaining the concepts behind this technique,...