This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features the second half of our interview with double bassist Guy Tuneh, conducted over a distance of thousands of miles. It was a real pleasure to get to sit down and chat with Guy–he’s a warm, intelligent, and passionate individual, and these traits come through in his speaking just like they do in his bass playing. You can visit him online at www.guytuneh.com. You will also get a chance to hear the great jazz bassist Brian Bromberg perform and hear some bass playing from L.A. bassist Nam Chi Vu. Enjoy!
Wowww ..
i need some time to understand what i heard.
he is amazing.
The Master of his instroment,
Bring him to America, let him teach all over.
he sould teach not only students,he sould teach everybudy.
Woww…
I still sitting and looking at the wall after that Amazing interview!
Great Artist.
A Real Maestro !!
What An Artist!
i loved the way that he thinks about the two systems of playing the bass, stop the fight about german or franch bow.
his point: play as goog as you can, the rest is not importent.
Great person.
nothing to say ……
i am without words, he is Amazing!
He has so much to give …
so much to say…
what about a woman … does he need one??
What a person, so strong with his words. i saw that Mr. Tuneh will play in October some concerts with villa musica.
i am living in Munich but i will come to hear & to see him in Mainz.
hope to get to know Mr. Tuneh.
This Interview should be posted in every music school/Orchestra in Germany.
Pupils as teachers should be able to hear & i hope to try to act like they understand the amazing way that this person see the music and how to bring it to everyone (Genius).
we in Germany have so much to learn about the way how to be nice to other people who are doing music.
Mr. Tuneh is a pioneer, showing us someting that most of us dont want to hear, i thing a lot of people are still not ready for this!!!
Thank You Mestro Tuneh for your great importent words.
you give me hope & power to go on with my “friends” at work.
For people who play the bass (and not only bass), this interview
will change ther way of playing.
it allready changed my way.
thanks god that Maestro Tuneh is able to say his magic words,
it will help to people like me to go on & to be stronger!!
Jason you are doing very importent job, great Tuneh & others
getting stage in your show,go on .
Great interview!
pleasure to hear someone so intelligent with idees that “normal”
bass player would never think about.
3 words:
Great Maestro Tuneh.
Loved the Amazinmg interview but most the part about the auditions!
Only a Great person know how hard is it, and not use this moments to step or make fun on the others.
as a woman i did some auditons, some of them went good but the
orchestra members make fun from us in that day.
i am comming from Germany, if you are a woman or nongerman(& playing bass)
you will have a problem with getting a place in orchestra , Tuneh is saying out loud something very very importent & true!!
God be with Mr.Tuneh.
and its good to know that we are not alone.
when An Artist , great player & awesome peron like Tuneh knowes about it and speak against it – it makes me fill better.
(so its not only in my head)
Guten Tag Jason!
If everyone would try to be like Mr. Tuneh, the music world would be pure. As you might know, musions can be sometime “little people”.(special when they are not good musion, etc. ..)
Its great that Mr. Tuneh got this stage from you. he is very smart Artist with a lot to say,some one that we can realy learn from him.
Its great that you are giving your stage to people like Maestro
Tuneh!
love your blog, its getting better from day to day.
Nicole.
“God gave Double-Bass to Guy, put in the soul of everyone”
after KISS
What is a Snakewood bow?
I’d like you to ask Mr. Tuneh about his strings, the kind and what does he think about handmade strings.
Thanks J.
If only the leaders of the world would think & speak like that.
Great ideas,what a Guy.
He has some points!!
Great & real artist!
B R A V O !! M A E S T R O !!
BRAVO.
well spoken!!
Mestro Tuneh is a great soloist & great chamber musion.
i liked the fact that he call us to work hard (when a great Maestro like him does it, it sounds nice then the people that know saying this) but what to do when
you have no power to work hard. after some time i need time to have for my self, so what to do??
When i looked at Mr. Tuneh’s bow motion, it looks like he play with
it like in 3 dimensions. his hand i doing a “wave”with the bow.
I’d like to understand this genius way of playing.
Please Jason, if its possible, bring more info about it.
Thanks.
Very nice, good that Maestro Tuneh see what is going in auditions with us ,the “normal” (non Genius like him) people, amazing that person like this is living among us
and also can understand & fill what is going with us.
he is not living in his own world like the other stars & dont care from the rest of that world.only about there own intrest.
i love people who stay normal ,nice & true also after they got big.
well done Maestro, you have one more fan!
very nice.
I am an orchestra bassist, the ideas of Mr. Tuneh are good & his motto is to make art.the problem is, that in orchestra we dont have so much time to work on the music in the way that Mr. Tuneh thinks.
but i’m sure that even if we had the time,we would’nt be able to play like him.
after i had the chance to hear & to see him on stage he is one of the best first class players.(saw him in one of the last concerts in salzburg) For me it is clear,he is, as someone said, one of a kind.!
BRAVO for the MAESTRO.
hope to see you in salzburg next year.!!
I Think that Mr. Tuneh will play today evening in the Luzern Festival.
i will try to have a card to see his orchestra with Barenboim.
i am interesting to see him alive.
write you later how was it.
What a Bass player!!!!
wooow…
hold me , he is just great!!
give me power to go on!!
thank you Jason for posting him!
Great !
Well said!
Hi Jason,
Please post more from Guy Tuneh, I liked his interview and the way that he playes.
so, please more interviews with more music.
Thanks.
Woww,
What a great bassist!
intresting tohear what he has to say.
if only my orchestra members would think like this…!!
Great interview.
I wonder if he tought about condacting?
so much to say… , he is to smart to be a Bassplayer!
Mr. Tuneh if you read this; think about condacting.
(its not that you can not play, its just, i know some bass players &
they are not so smart nither good musions… So… .)
I will be tuned to hear more from you, stay great as you are.
Genial!
Finaly…
A Musion who doesnt step on the other one,or make fun from the rest,just for fun!
A person with respect to the others!
please God, send more like him to earth.
Thanks Jason for posting this awsome interview!
Wow….
very importent leson.
Thank you Maestro Tuneh
Thank you Jason!!
What an ARTIST!!
Maestro Tuneh give so much Joy to listen to him & to his ideas.
give me power to go on in doing my things, even when i am not a musion!
Jason, be sure that i will go to see him live.
Amazing interview!
Jason ,i think you sould interview Mr. Tuneh again,but this time ask him more, person like this has lot to say.
Please not about normal subjects.
One of the best interviews that you ever posted!
the great Maestro Tuneh
the great Jason,
i learned alot from that interview!
Every word = Gold !!
Jason, Great that you put this Amazing Person high on your stage!
When aplayer from his kind say this things, it makes me felling better.
we are not alone in that hard world of music, and the people above have also to fight…
Thank you dear Mr. Tuneh, it give me power to believe
in my self again.
A Legend is rising Up!!
INDEED,
Great Interview, please post more from Guy Tuneh (he isnt bass player, he is a Violin player with a soul of an Opera singer!!!)