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TweetTo J. in my private studio. The student is now co-principal of the Chicago Youth Symphony. Hard work pays off!

TweetThis may or not become a series. But here’s part of being a public school orchestra teacher. ‘Mr.T., my string broke.” “No problem.” Sometimes this […]

TweetDiscoverDoubleBass.com is an outstanding resource that offers exceptional courses for any double bassist. DiscoverDoubleBass.com I hesitate to call the following a ‘review’. Lauren Pierce of […]

TweetWhen the bow is tightened and ready to play, it should still be possible to for the hair to the touch the stick if your […]

TweetAfter using Weidoeft Rosin for two months here are my thoughts:   It does not flake or chip off when applying it to the bow. I […]

TweetThat’s right! The arrangement bass players everywhere have been wishing for! Ok maybe not but I thought it would make a cool piece for bass […]

TweetHere’s a free download of my edits of Bottesini’s Elegy (updated 06/05/17)

TweetLast year I did Samuel Applebaum’s arrangement of Leroy Anderson’s Jazz Pizzicato with my middle school orchestra. I wanted to demonstrate to my students that […]

Tweet  I originally did this to have the accompaniment in orchestral tuning as I couldn’t find it elsewhere. As I was revising it I decided […]

TweetWhat do we want as teachers? All of us want our students to be successful in their endeavours. That success can take many forms and […]

TweetOh no! Run for the hills. No, wait. Run for the old days. The internet is ‘destroying’ traditional income streams and product sales! People are […]

TweetI’ll admit it. I’m not member of the International Society of Bassists or American String Teacher Association. Yep, I know. I was a member for […]

TweetAs an orchestra teacher I rarely have access to an accompanist. But I see a string orchestra every day. And I’m sure there are bassists […]

TweetHere is the table of contents for my textbook “An Introduction to Double Bass Playing”. Click here to download the table of contents PDF  

TweetI am fortunate to have been on Jason Heath’s Contrabass Conversations podcast several times. Thank you! My 2016 episodes made Jason’s top 5 most downloaded for 2016!! Wow!!!! […]