Category Archives: Links

Bowing Article

Check out this article in Strings where I’m one of the quoted sources!!!!

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My band, Jungle of Cities

Check out the band I play bass for on facebook.

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Unbelievable News…

Philadelphia Orchestra board OKs Chapter 11 filing

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Kids’ musical instruments booming with bacteria

From the Chicago Tribune.

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Beautiful Italian Bass for only 1/4 million

http://tarisio.com/wp/2011/03/the-delmas-double-bass-by-giovanni-paolo-maggini-4-2/                

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Changing Strings

Here’s a great article on changing strings.

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Bass Amps

Looking for a great amp? I recently tried out the MarkBass brand of amps and this will be the next kind of amp I buy. I still really like SWR as well.

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NYC Luthier

Looking for a luthier in the NYC area? Check out Bill Merchant. He build my custom extension in 2004 and does exceptional work.

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New Books from Jon Gorrie

“A fate worse than death?” contains 8 articles that I wrote whilst preparing “Performing in The Zone”. Some of the articles became source material for “Performing in The Zone”, a couple were downloadable as ebooks, and a couple aren’t available … Continue reading

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More from the Arco Jazz Bass Project

We just published a new song in the arco jazz bass project: Suitably by the beginning fall the known standard “Autumn Leaves” appears this month in the arco jazz bass project.  As usual, as a mp3 file with solo bass … Continue reading

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Tips on Simplifying Difficult Passages

How To Practice.com has listed some tips on breaking down a difficult phrase or passage. Great for students as well as being a reminder to us more seasoned players!

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Need Stock Photography?

Check out my portfolio at BigStockPhoto.com

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Practice Tips for Young Musicians

Check out some tips at my other blog, The Evolving Educator.

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More Music from ProBass MusikVerlag

The arco jazz bass project publishes this month a “hot” jazz standard: “Yesterdays” by Jerome Kern is ready from now on to download in mp3 format as a playback as well as an example with arco played solo bass. Besides, … Continue reading

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New Music

Looking for an original composition / commission? Check out Michael D. Blostein.

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Suzuki Soup

Suzuki Soup is a composition I wrote featuring the melodies of Suzuki Book 1. It is a medley in a fiddling type style. I thought that since most string students study these tunes it would be fun to play them … Continue reading

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The arco jazz bass project.

To promote improvising with the bow, one jazz standard is offered on the homepage once monthly. The download is for free. For each title there will be one mp3-file with solo bass which plays themes and improvisation as an example, and … Continue reading

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Virtual Keyboard

A virtual keyboard – great for young students.

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DoubleBassBlog.org

Has lots of new posts and sporting a new, slicker theme…

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New Music

An announcement from PRObass Music (www.probass.de): PRObass Music (PRObass Musikverlag) recently published some interesting music for doublebass/doublebasses: – Th. A. Findeisen: “Quartettsuite für 4 Celli oder 4 Kontrabässe” (quartett suite for 4 celli or 4 double basses) This, finally, again … Continue reading

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