Contrabass Conversations - double bass life on the

1018: Drew Banzhaf on his audition path to the Malmö Symphony

Drew Banzhaf won the audition for Associate Principal Bass Malmö Symphony in 2023. He spent three...

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1017: Gregg August on balancing jazz, classical, and composition

Gregg August is a New York double bassist who successfully balances careers in classical and jazz...

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1016: Kostas Patsiotis on Greece and October

Greek bassist Kostas Patsiotis recently released his solo debut album October, which was recorded...

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1015: Jesse Dietschi on balancing jazz and classical playing

Jesse Dietschi recently released Gradient, his debut album with fellow Toronto musicians Ethan...

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1014: Joseph Whitt on a career as a military bassist

Technical Sergeant Joseph Whitt is the bassist for the United States Air Force Band of the...

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1013: Marty Isenberg on "The Way I Feel Inside" - Inspired by the films of Wes Anderson

Marty Isenberg recently released his debut album "The Way I Feel Inside" - Inspired by the films...

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1012: Phoebe Russell on Smash Your Audition

Phoebe Russell is Principal Bass for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.  She recently released a...

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1011: Bobby Scharmann on winning an orchestra audition

Bobby Scharmann is Associate Principal Bass with the Omaha Symphony Orchestra and has been...

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1010: Lorraine Chai on music theory for young double bassists

Lorraine Chai is the author of Stringstastic, a set of music theory books for double bass and the...

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1009: Susan Hagen on her new edition of BASSics for Bass

Susan Hagen is a Boston native and is extremely active in that city’s musical scene.  She serves...

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1008: Pete Lampe on building his own double basses

Pete Lampe is the owner of Pete's Upright Bass Shop in Portland, Oregon, and he has been an...

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1007: Behind the scenes with Ear Trumpet Labs

It was a pleasure to visit Ear Trumpet Labs founder Philip Graham and go behind the scenes with...

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1006: Abe Gumroyan freelancing chat

Abe Gumroyan is a Grammy-award winning bassist who plays a wide range of gigs, ranging from...

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1005: Lauren Pierce on Scales

Lauren Pierce has written a new book title Scales, Scales, Scales: A Progressive Technical...

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1004: Jacob Warren on his multi-style career

Jacob Warren is a multi-style bassist whose background and interests lie in a wide ranging...

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1003: Tacet No More with Joseph Conyers and Yumi Kendall

Hosted by Joseph Conyers and Yumi Kendall, Tacet No More is “a new podcast where we are asking...

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1002: Krista Kopper on excavating your creativity

Double bassist Krista Kopper recently released a solo, improvised double bass album titled...

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1001: Gael McKeon interviews Jason

Gael McKeon interviews Jason about the origins of the podcast, the experience of putting out 1000...

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1000: Live in San Francisco with Chuck Israels, Charles Chandler, Amos Yang, and Andres Martin

We celebrate the 1000th episode of Contrabass Conversations live at the 2023 Golden Gate Bass...

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999: How to bring up your energy for a performance with Louis Levitt

Today we feature double bass performer and educator Louis Levitt on how to bring up your energy...

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