How quickly time flies! It feels like I just started this blog, and it is hard to wrap my head around the fact that I have pushed that ‘publish’ button one thousand times (and many, many more times than that if you count edits, rewrites, and the like). Think about...
This is a guest post by double bassist Jean-Yves Bénichou on how to correctly polish ebony fingerboards. Benjy is bi-national, being a citizen of both the United States and France. He has lived in France for the past 30 years and has been a member of the Strasbourg...
People are discovering the Contrabass Conversations podcast by the boatloads after this week’s François Rabbath episode and last week’s Ira Gold episode. I’d like to welcome new listeners and thank the listeners who have been tuning in since the...
I mentioned in a recent Contrabass Conversations episode that I would be sharing Canadian bassist Meredith Nelson’s experiences with double bass plane travel over the years. It is a great reflection of all the garbage we bassists have to deal with just to bring...
There has been a huge interest in the latest Contrabass Conversations episode featuring National Symphony Orchestra bassist Ira Gold. Thanks to everyone who has checked out this episode, and just visit the link above if you haven’t had a chance to hear it yet...
