double bass podcast
When you’re playing, do you think about what you want to say, or what the music wants of you?
Do you remember the process you went through learning how to speak?
What happens when you lose half your fingers the day of a big concert?
We answer these questions and much more on this episode featuring Gary Peacock.
What’s it like working with four of the most famous bass teachers all at the same school?
How does eye movement affects learning and performing?
Why is mastering the bow so crucial for a bass player’s development?
We answer these questions and much more on this episode featuring Susan Cahill.
How is it that Larry Grenadier, Christian McBride, and Esperanza Spalding all play basses from the same luthier?
What’s the difference, really, between a round back and flat back bass?
We answer these questions and much more on this episode featuring Benedict Puglisi.
How do you get a student excited to play the bass?
What does it mean to go slow now so that you can go twice as fast later?
We answer these questions and much more on this episode featuring Caroline Emery.
I’m so thankful that Eric at Upton Bass connected me with Lucia Turino!
Lucia is the bassist for The Devil Makes Three and has the best crazy gig stories. She’s been rained out, nearly blown over, had beer bottles hit her bass… and that’s just for starters!
