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
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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
625: Brian Bromberg on drums, education, and recording a bass
Brian Bromberg has been on my “to interview” list for years, and it finally happened in person at the 2019 Golden Gate Bass Camp. In this conversation, we talk about Brian’s early career, lessons learned from drums and how starting with drums affected his bass playing, what most people don’t know about recording a… Continue reading 625: Brian Bromberg on drums, education, and recording a bass
624: Jean-Philippe Viret on jazz and composition
I had the pleasure of meeting Jean-Philippe Viret in person and interviewing him during Cielito de Jesus’ wonderful Rabbath Institute Los Angeles. Jean-Philippe is one of the founding members of l’Orchestre de contrebasses and has had a rich career as a jazz bassist and composer in Paris for decades. We talk about his early years,… Continue reading 624: Jean-Philippe Viret on jazz and composition