photo by Andreas Etter Paul Cannon has just released his first solo album through Ensemble Modern. Titled Polyglot, it is a wide-ranging look at contemporary music written for double bass from the past few decades. We dig into what it was like recording this album, life as the bassist for this unique ensemble, creativity in… Continue reading 881: Paul Cannon on Polyglot and modern music
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455: How to Learn a Piece
How do we learn a piece? That’s a question thatI recently put out to the Contrabass Conversations community. The responses I got back were fascinating. While we all have a different approach to learning a piece (as you’ll see in this episode!), there are certain recurring approaches that I discovered: Listening to recordings Watching videos… Continue reading 455: How to Learn a Piece