We will be featuring Nick Lloyd on Contrabass Conversations this month. Nick’s basses have won numerous awards over the past decade, including 1st Place for the Maker’s Jury at the 2012 Copenhagen Bass Convention and the Certificates of Tone and Workmanship at...
Andrés Martin is one of the most interesting and active personalities in the double bass world. n addition to serving as principal bass of the Orchestra of Baja California and is a composer with a unique and fascinating voice. Check out this performance of...
Berlin Philharmonic principal bassist Matthew McDonald has a YouTube channel on which he has begun putting out some of his wonderful bass and piano performances. He also has recordings of the Bottesini Grande Allegro a la Mendelssohn, Bruch Kol Nidrei, and the...
Check out this cool new work for double bass by composer Aleksandar S. Vujic and performed by Serbian bassist Svetozar Vujic Borski. It’s lyrical and mysterious and is a wonderful contribution to the repertoire. What a wonderful tonal palette Aleksandar has...
The following video covers the features of the new Contrabass Conversations app, which is free and available for iOS and Android. This is a deep app with a lot of content and functionality, and I think that this video will help folks see how to incorporate it into...
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