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967: Thoughts on Simandl vs Rabbath as foundational double bass methods
966: My current favorite solo double bass pieces
965: Hagai Bilitzky on New Sound of the Middle East
964: 10 most ANNOYING stand partner traits for double bassists
963: Nina Bernat on chamber music and career possibilities
962: Happy Holidays and plans for 2023
961: Nick Scholefield on winning a position in the Atlanta Symphony
960: Transcribing pieces for the double bass - pros and cons
959: Lynn Hannings on bow making and sustainability
958: Choosing double bass strings
957: Rufus Reid on his life in jazz
956: 15 practicing mistakes and how to fix them
955: Christian Hales on auditioning and his path so far
954: Tell us your story!
953: Gloria Jones Allgood on her Atlanta Symphony Orchestra journey
952: The story behind DBHQ
951: Richard Andersson on his jazz bass journey
950: Choosing double bass rosin - what's best for your needs?
949: Sienna George on double bass mutes
948: How to pizzicato faster on double bass!
947: Ultimate Music Business Summit 2023
946: How DO you find good fingerings for double bass parts?
945: Valentina Ciardelli on Ruutsu
944: Tenor and Treble clef on double bass
943: Mark Roman on his album, Seasonal Allergies
938: Remembering Kelly Sill
937: Joel Braun on Unaccompanied
936: Phrasing on the double bass
935: Mark Gollihur on the bass business
934: Remembering Wolfgang Guettler
933: Don Prell - Double Bass Legend - Part 1
932: Scale "hacks" for the double bass
931: Debbie Lyle on George Bornoff
930: How harmonics work on the double bass
929: Ethan Phillion on Charles Mingus
928: What I practice when my time is limited
927: Holly Reinhardt on being a UK bass student
926: What part of the thumb do I use for thumb position?
925: Jon Liebman on For Bass Players Only
924: The strangest double bass videos
923: Cole Davis on scales for jazz bassists
922: Top 10 double bass excerpts
921: Conversations in Germany
920: My recital from the Rabbath Institute Los Angeles (2022)
919: Jon Button on The Who, Roger Daltrey, and Shakira (with guest host Katie Thiroux!)
918: Parts of the double bass
917: Dave Anderson's bass music back in print!
916: How to tune a double bass
915: Learning double bass as an adult
914: The German double bass scene
913: Uli Schneider on the German bass community
912: Making Thumb Position less scary for double bass
911: Fer Acosta on connecting the Latin American double bass community
910: Why extensions on double bass?
909: Kyle Motl on harmonics and sound worlds
908: A cool new bass quartet for students or pros
907: Eli Broxham on his Newgrass path
906: 12 tips to ACTUALLY get better at double bass
905: A cool double bass camp in France!
904: Thoughts on Nicholas Walker's Chorale
903: Renée-Paule Gauthier on life coaching
902: Fixing collapsing left hand fingers
901: Luis Celis on auditioning
900: Joe Policastro live from Cincinnati
899: Barry Green in Ohio
898: Intonation "hacks"
897: Tom Fiorini on electric bass concertos
896: Bass camps - my thoughts
895: Richard Duke on bass camps
894: Getting older - my thoughts
893: Johnny Hamil's new podcast
892: Deliberate practice
891: Jackson Jay Kidder on singing and playing the double bass
890: Nina DeCesare in San Francisco
889: Susan Hagen on warming up on the double bass
888: Auditions and more - live from the 2022 Pittsburgh Double Bass Symposium
887: Peter Willems on singing plus bass
886: Weird bowing sounds
885: Gahlord Dewald on moving to Hawaii
884: The first bass lesson
883: Christopher Sutton On Musical U
882: What I carry to the gig
881: Paul Cannon on Polyglot and modern music
880: Breaking out of your stylistic comfort zone
879: Lawrence Wolfe on composition
878: Orchestra vs Jazz Pizz
877: Stephen Tramontozzi on Urban Bass
876: Approaching Bach on the bass - what I've learned
875: Daniel Spreadbury and Garrett Hope on Dorico
874: How I learn a new piece
873: Wabass alumni podcast
872: Staying healthy on the bass
871: Joe Rosato Jr. on storytelling
870: German vs French bow
869: Ali Cook on moving to Austin and high-level subbing
868: Is it cheating to mark the fingerboard?
867: Kai Jack on bass community development
866: The "rules" of double bass fingering
865: Remembering Inez Wyrick
864: Reflections on 2021