Kurt Muroki, Indiana University double bass professor and upcoming Contrabass Conversations guest, is featured in this video from D’Addario about the development of the Kaplan bass strings. This is an interesting video about the development of these new strings...
Double bassist Beto Vianna (who I had the pleasure of meeting at the Chicago Bass Festival a couple years ago) sent me a couple of videos featuring some of his musical projects. First up: Lambada de Serpente. A beautiful piece (with lovely video accompaniment)...
The International Society of Bassists (@ISB_World) recently put out a post featuring Randy Kurtz talking about tennis elbow for bassists. This is something that affects a great number of bassists, and this video is well worth a viewing for a better understanding of...
Check out this very cool video of two masters of jazz bass, featuring excellent arco solos from both Lynn and Christian. Good stuff via red_tide_clams! Lynn Seaton and Christian McBride – YouTube.
If you’ve never seen one of Gary Karr’s Japanese TV appearances, this is going to blow your mind. Via TenetArepo on reddit. I can’t believe that I played a recital on that exact bass about 10 years ago!
