Contrabass Conversations

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Dan Styffe is a man in constant motion.  It's astonishing the number of musical projects that he has going on:

• a new solo album coming this spring (his eighth album in 11 years!)
• appearances at even…

Kevin "Brandino" Brandon is a seven-time Grammy and three-time Emmy award winner.  He has performed with an incredible array of artists, including:

• Aretha Franklin
• OutKast (won Grammys for Album of …

Today's episode is a short conversation between Jason and Jeff Bradetich about the upcoming 2nd International Double Bass Solo Competition taking place September 1-5, 2017.  The application deadline …

Here’s the latest Weekly Update episode!  Check out all past episodes at contrabassconversations.com/news, and send me any stories you’d like shared at [email protected].

Ever wonder what it's like to be transplanted from balmy Texas and Louisiana to the coldest city in the continental United States?

Ask Adam Booker. Here's a recent weather report from Duluth in case …

Here's the latest Weekly Update episode!  Check out all past episodes at contrabassconversations.com/news, and send me any stories you'd like shared at [email protected].

Really, I don't know what else to say.

Thank you to each and every one of you who have taken your precious time these past ten years to listen to these episodes.  You've written in.  You'v…

I had a blast reconnecting with my old friend Tracy Friedlander!

Tracy is the host of Crushing Classical, a new podcast about creating a career you love as a classical musician in today's world. I wa…

This is an inside baseball episode for sure.

I love talking podcasting, whether its talking interview techniques or my biggest podcasting mistakes.  I also love talking with other podcasters about th…

What a year 2016 has been!  

This past year is when I kicked the podcast into overdrive, and the stats bear this out:

• 125 total podcasts released
• 907,231 podcasts downloaded this year
• average of 2.…

I love talking with audiiton winners.  

Learning about how they designed and implemented a long-term plan is fascinating.  What went right?  What went wrong?  How did they adjust course?  What did th…

Chris Hanulik hit the ground running career-wise, landing a position in the Los Angeles Philharmonic after graduating from Juilliard.

"Leaving New York to had out to Southern California... what was t…

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• George Mraz, a world class bassist wi…

Bill Merchant just had the mildest winter in his 40 year career.  

For decades, double bassists would come in to get their winter posts set during November.  Now this is happening in January.  

"Glob…

Ben Allison is the ultimate DIY jazz artist, blending jazz, rock, folk, and 20th century classical music into sonically compelling tapestries.  

His 11 albums have garnered considerable critical accl…

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"What else do you do?" said the neurologist to Scott Devine.

"Because you'll never play bass again."

Scott was making his living as a gi…

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As the bassist for Jools Holland's band for over two decades, Dave Swift is likely the U.K.'s best-known bassist.  He has performed with an astonishing array of artists, including:

• Paul Simon
• Eric C…