University of Arizona bass professor Patrick Neher recently asked me to pass the following information along on the blog:Arizona Bass Players is incorporating and working with the three major universities in Arizona to present the third annual Arizona Bass Players...
I’d like to welcome jazz bassist Bill Harrison to the doublebassblog.org writing staff. An active double bassist and educator, Bill is the owner of PlayJazzNow.com, the world’s only source for downloadable play-along tracks, and he maintains a blog called...
Bass Blog reader Jon recently let me know about this great resource from Rice University bass professor Paul Ellison on career opportunities in music. This resource is especially relevant considering some of the subjects that have been explored in the past on this...
Here’s a great photo of Guy Tuneh (this past week’s Contrabass Conversations guest) and Miloslav Gajdos performing together. I have some time to work on getting some of Miloslav’s videos out this week, so expect to see these coming very soon. Lyric...
Bassist John Floeter has been continuing his series about organizing one’s practicing, putting up a great post earlier this week on his blog about how to really get a quality sound on the bass. This is a subject that I find very interesting, and it is great to...