I was introduced to Helen Svoboda by jazz bass mainstay and past podcast guest John Goldsby. Helen is exploring a variety of interesting solo and collaborative projects on the bass, including her Vegetable Bass series, her bass and tenor sax duo Meatshell, her chamber-oriented Sprout project, and more. Helen is pushing into fascinating new territory… Continue reading 631: Helen Svoboda on finding your voice
Category: Careers
628: Michael Trowbridge on conducting and arranging
Michael Trowbridge is a former public school orchestra director and an active bass teacher, presenter, and author. He is the co-author of Measures of Success for String Orchestra and the author of Everybody’s Electric Bass Method, both published by FJH Music. Mike and I dig into some of my favorite interview topics, like life in… Continue reading 628: Michael Trowbridge on conducting and arranging
627: Andres Martin on changing your life
Andrés Martín is a longtime friend and collaborator of mine. Even though we regularly see each other at events like his Latin American Bass Festival, the Golden Gate Bass Camp, the International Society of Bassists Convention, and Galicia Graves, it has been over three years since he appeared on the podcast. In this episode, recorded… Continue reading 627: Andres Martin on changing your life
626: Elisa Janson Jones on vulnerability and challenges
Elisa Janson Jones is an entrepreneur, author, educator and the founder of the International Music Educator Summit. I was introduced to her through an appearance on Andrew Hitz’s The Entrepreneurial Musician podcast, and I know that she’s be a great person to have on this podcast. This is an honest, raw, and different kind of… Continue reading 626: Elisa Janson Jones on vulnerability and challenges
623: Valentina Ciardelli on making your own path
Valentina Ciardelli is one of my favorite young bass artists, and she and I share a passion for the music of Frank Zappa. Valentina is launching her first CD, titled Zappa, Puccini, Tabakov, Ciardelli: Music from the Sphinx, on September 20th, 2019. We talk about a wide array of topics, ranging from her recent arrangements… Continue reading 623: Valentina Ciardelli on making your own path