Contrabass Conversations

Today’s solo show is a deeper dive into this week’s video topic of bass fingering “rules.”  Enjoy, and you can download a PDF of these rules here.

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Inez Wyrick, one of our young bassist pedagogy pioneers, passed away at the end of 2021.  In this episode, we rebroadcast our interview with her from 2016 and reflect on her impact on countless bass…

Today’s episode is a look back at 2021 and things to come.  Enjoy, and see you in 2022 for more bass content!

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Today’s episode is a solo show reflecting on major milestones for the podcast over the years.  Enjoy!

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Today’s episode is an audio rebroadcast for our 10,000 YouTube subscribers celebration from December 3, 2021.  

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Orin O'Brien has retired from playing after an unparalleled 65-year career combined in the NY Philharmonic and the NYC Ballet.  To celebrate her remarkable career, we’re re-releasing this epic two-ho…

My Intermediate to Advanced Classical Bass course with Discover Double Bass featured compositions from seven of the most exciting composers writing for double bass.

In this episode, we talk with the…

Molly Sharp has written a book for bassists titled Making Double Stops Ring: a guided exploration of Just Intonation. 

In this episode, we catch up with Molly and her many activities and dive into a …

Allan Jay Santos recently started a new podcast titled Touching Greatness. 

We talk about the inspiration for this podcast, Allan’s work as a coach to entrepreneurs and artists, the many things tha…

Stephen Tramontozzi has recently released a new album titled Home Bass.  We talk about the concept behind this new album, how this project differed from his first album Walkabout, picking repertoire,…

Peter Seymour is the co-founder of PROJECT Trio and recently joined the double bass faculty of the Longy School of Music of Bard College.  We talk about Peter’s approach to bass teaching, how he prep…

Nicole Melrose is the founder of StringRise and has created the world's first buildable Bass Kit for students.  We talk about the story behind these kits, her video with Kate Jones demonstrating how …

Cole Davis recently released a solo bass album titled Contrabass.  He won the Ron Carter Bass Competition in 2017 and was named a “Future Jazz Master” by the National Endowment of the Arts in 2018.

Alberto Bocini recently released Mi caro Bottesini with pianist Alessandra Ammara.  We talk about this new album, the history of The Bass Gang, Alberto’s plans for a tour with Ottava Imports, and mu…

Andrew Arceci joins us again on the show, this time to discuss the experience of leading an early music ensemble from the bass, viol, and violone.  We talk about this and much more on this “round two…

Michael T. Geib recently recorded two new albums for Onyx Lane: a historically informed recording of Dragonetti’s 12 Waltzes for Solo Double Bass and a jazz album titled Not As They Seem.  We talk ab…

Noëlle Marty recently hiked 2100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, going from Tehachapi, California to Canada in 117 days and going through 5 pairs of shoes.  We talk about what it was like doing thi…

The Ultimate Music Business Summit will be taking place January 6-8, 2022.  We talk with event coordinators Dr. Garrett Hope, Dr. Heidi Kay Begay, and Arthur Breur about the story behind the summit a…

Today’s episode features Compton College professor Harvey Estrada and Grammy award-winning bassist Kevin “Brandino” Brandon on the topic of five-string basses. 

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Kevin “Brandino” Brandon is an Eastman artist and winner of multiple Grammy awards.  He is also a longtime five-string bass player, and we dig into that topic and many more in today’s episode.

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