This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode concludes our chat with Time for Three bassist Ranaan Meyer. CBC guest and co-host John Grillo joins us in this interview, and the three of us had a very engaging conversation. You can check out the first part of our interview plus CBC video episodes featuring Ranaan on his Contrabass… Continue reading CBC 42: Ranaan Meyer interview 2 and music from Time for Three
Category: John Grillo
CBC 41: Orchestral Excerpts Breakdown with John Grillo
This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an in-depth analysis of the double bass orchestral excerpts most commonly requested at auditions. Double bassist (and regular Contrabass Conversations guest and co-host) John Grillo discusses each of these excerpts–stylistic considerations, differences in articulation and bow strokes, and suggestions for effectively learning them–and then performs them. I believe that… Continue reading CBC 41: Orchestral Excerpts Breakdown with John Grillo
CBC 28: Ranaan Meyer interview
This week’s Contrabass Conversations podcast features the first part of our interview with double bassist Ranaan Meyer. John Grillo (a frequent guest and collaborator on the podcast) and I co-interviewed Ranaan, who is the bassist for the band Time for Three and has had a very interesting and multi-faceted career. In addition to hearing a… Continue reading CBC 28: Ranaan Meyer interview
CBC 23: Lawrence Hurst interview part 2
This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features a continuation of our interview with Indiana University double bass professor Lawrence Hurst plus some music from plus some music from the Italian bass ensemble The Bass Gang. You can check out episode 20 of the podcast for the first part of this interview with Mr. Hurst, and detailed… Continue reading CBC 23: Lawrence Hurst interview part 2
CBC 20: L. Hurst interview and music from DaXun Zhang
This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an excellent interview with Indiana University double bass professor Lawrence Hurst. Double bassist (and frequent Contrabass Conversations guest) John Grillo co-hosted the interview with me. You’ll be hearing the first part of our interview this week, and we’ll be putting out more of this interview in the next few… Continue reading CBC 20: L. Hurst interview and music from DaXun Zhang