Today’s episode features a conversation with Camellia Aftahi, Michael Martin, and Tyson Davis about Bass Players for Black Composers. This organization commissions and publishes new works for double bass by Black composers, and it is celebrating its one year anniversary with an ambitious fundraising campaign for future projects. We talk about the founding of the… Continue reading 813: Bass Players for Black Composers
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812: Paul Leverger on Newzik
Today’s episode features a conversation with Paul Leverger, who heads the marketing team for the music score reading app Newzik. Newzik just rolled out a new LiveScores feature which uses Maestria, their AI-driven Optical Music Recognition technology. This new feature allows for any PDF or paper score to be turned into an interactive document. Enjoy,… Continue reading 812: Paul Leverger on Newzik
811: Patrick Staples on bowmaking
Patrick Staples is a bassist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and has begun making bows recently. We talk about growing up in Canada, moving to Los Angeles to attend Colburn and study with David Allen Moore and Paul Ellison, further studies with Tim Pitts at Rice University, and landing his job in Calgary. We also… Continue reading 811: Patrick Staples on bowmaking
810: Christopher Jeffer on Cat’s Cradle
Christopher Jeffer is a double bassist and recording engineer who recently released a solo bass album titled Cat’s Cradle. We dig into the inspiration for this album, what he has learned about recording double bass, the challenging of doing this recording during the pandemic, goals for the future, and much more. Check out Cat’s Cradle… Continue reading 810: Christopher Jeffer on Cat’s Cradle
809: Trevor Jones on our sheet music store
Trevor Jones and Jason talk about the behind-the-scenes work behind the launch of the Double Bass Blog Sheet Music Store in today’s special mini episode. Enjoy, and be sure to check out the store for over 100 titles covering different styles, techniques like harmonics, repertoire for solo double bass, 2 basses, and more! Every purchase… Continue reading 809: Trevor Jones on our sheet music store