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244: Christine Hoock on DJs, egoless playing, and patience

Christine Hoock

Christine Hoock is a tossed salad of musical genres.

Maybe she’s playing Phillip Glass. Perhaps she’s performing Arvo Pärt. She could even be playing tangos or jamming with a DJ.

But regardless of what she’s playing, it’s with her beautiful, compelling sound.

Günter Klaus and Franco Petracchi taught her, and she has taken the double bass a new level.

She has total command of the bass and is a compelling world-class artist.

Learn how she does it in this interview!

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Resources we covered in this interview:

Christine’s website

Christine on YouTube

Christine on the Vanhal Concerto (Strad Magazine)

Contrabajisimo (album)

other albums by Christine

243: Pablo Aslan on tango bass life

Pablo Aslan

Pablo Aslan breaks bow hairs.

**A lot of bow hairs.**

In fact, he rivals the guys in the Met for most-frequent rehair at his NYC bow shop.

He also makes killer bass lines. He’s truly the Ray Brown of marcato tango bass lines.

Learn how he does it in this interview!

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Resources we covered in this interview:

Pablo’s website

AvantangoMedia (Pablo’s YouTube channel)

Piazzolla in Brooklyn (album)

Tango Grill (album)

242: Sam Suggs on Music Cognition, Jamming in Bars, and the Elements of Execution

Sam Suggs calls himself an omnivorous musician.

I love this tagline.

I feel like I’m eating at a fantastic fusion restaurant when I hear Sam’s music. I’m not expecting these flavors to work, but they are so good together.

First, he takes a little 1750s galant style.

Next, he adds a dash of Verdi.

He finally tops it off with—I kid you not—Skrillex and Daft Punk.

Then he marches over to a bar and gives it a battle test in front of the patrons.

Best of all, he does this without a looping pedal in sight.

Learn more about how he works his magic in this interview.

Sam is also kicking off the upcoming International Society of Bassists convention. We dig into what he’s planning in our chat, and I know you’ll love what he’s got in the works.

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Resources we covered in this interview:

Sam’s website

Sam’s YouTube channel

Study with Sam at James Madison University

Music in the Galant Style by Robert Gjerdingen (book recommendation)

My Biggest Podcasting Screw-Ups

On both the blog and the podcast, I’ve always taken the stance of making things as good as I can and then putting them out in the world without any apologies. Nothing drives me crazy more than listening to a podcast and heading the host apologize for a few minutes about this or that.

I resolved never to do this. I would make the best product I could and then just present it without and excuses or “aw shucks” commentary.

Today, I’m letting loose. This is all the stuff that I have struggled with behind the scenes over the years. All the times I slapped my head in frustration at my missteps.

Check out the accompanying blog post, (featuring similar but not identical content) and enjoy these tales of podcasting gone wrong! You can also check out the three-part series I wrote for ArtsHacker about podcasting for more nuts & bolts information about the technology behind making a podcast.

240: Thierry Barbé on expressive music, German bow, and French basses

Thierry Barbé is a man in constant motion.

When he’s not performing as principal bass of the Paris National Opera or teaching at the Paris Conservatory, Thierry can be found in all corners of the globe, performing lesser-known gems from the bass repertoire and giving clinics along the way.

He is a technical synthesizer, pulling from many different schools of playing, even incorporating German bow into his bag of techniques.

Thierry is a pioneer in uniting the European double bass community. He organized the first European Bass Conference in 2008 and started the European Society of Bassists shortly after that.

He also has a new CD/DVD, which are must-haves for any bassist. It’s available from the Triton label and as an MP3 download on Amazon.

Best of all, Thierry is a warm and caring person who brightens the day of anyone he runs into. I had the good fortune to work with him on the International Society of Bassists board a few years ago, and he brought a marvelous energy to the organization.

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Resources we covered in this interview:

Thierry’s website

Thierry’s YouTube channel

French Impressions on Amazon (MP3 download)

order the DVD

French Impressions – CD/DVD on Triton