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476: Chris West on thumb position
475: The Bass Player's Guide to the Trio
474: Dan Carson on auditioning and taking a leap
473: Jacqueline Pickett on a well-rounded education
472: Colin Corner Recital
471: Choosing Strings - What's Right for You?
470: Dan Chmielinski on Jazz at Juilliard
469: Pascale Delache-Feldman on French traditions
468: Melody Chia on careers, marketing, and Australia
467: Chuck Israels on Bill Evans and a life in music
466: Colin Corner on auditions and being principal bass
465: Henry Chen on China, Taiwan, and Chicago
464: Volkan Orhon
463: The Mental Game
462: Posture with Barry Green
461: Erik Higgins on chamber music careers
460: James Oesi on going for what you believe in
459: Music School Auditions - Advice from the pros
TCU International Double Bass Festival Preview
458: Gary Karr home
457: Thorkild Larsen of REMIC
456: Left Hand Technique with Lauren Pierce
455: How to Learn a Piece
454: Daniel Smith on Bali, pre-med, and auditioning
453: Injury Prevention
452: Joe McNalley on imagination
451: Paul Johnson on teaching
450: Teymur Phell on Killer Walking Bass
449: best of - Miles Mosley
448: best of - Adam Ben Ezra
447: How to start a podcast
446: Eric Snoza on starting your own project
445: The Pareto Principle
444: Nathan Cole on Stand Partners for Life
443: best of - Leon Bosch
442: best of - Lloyd Goldstein
441: Strings Q&A
440: A Look Back at 2017
439: Kevin Smith on Willie Nelson and Texas slap bass
438: Leigh Mesh on discipline, fitness, and stories from the pit
437: Nash Tomey on overcoming adversity
436: Anthony Manzo on chamber music
435: Diego Zecharies on inspiration, passion, and balance
434: Patrick Charton on innovations in building double basses
433: Carmen Rodríguez on Panama and coming to the United States
432: Eric Revis on gut strings, funk, and influences
431: Karl Fenner on auditions and continuing your development
430: Catalin Rotaru on Bottesini's Testore double bass
429: Susan Wulff on dance, auditioning, and progress
428: The Puzzle of Our Lives with Jack Unzicker
427: Hans Sturm on Rose Fingered Dawn
426: Mark Dresser on bi-tones, expressivity, and telematic performance
425: Paul Ellison and his students
424: Matthew McDonald (from the archives)
423: Ron Carter (from the archives)
422: Winning the Audition (complete)
421: Bert Turetzky (from the archives)
Halloween Special: The Curse of the Dittersdorf starring James VanDemark
419: Andrés Martín (from the archives)
418: Gene Perla on Elvin Jones, Broadway, and the business of music
417: The English Double Bass Book
416: Milton Masciadri on being a UNESCO Artist for Peace
415: Alexandra Scott on Simon Rattle, German bow, and preparation
414: Scott Lang wants one million new music students... each year!
413: Marlene Rosenberg on jazz education and the changing gig scene
[BONUS] The State of the Orchestra
412: Orchestra Confidential with John Grillo
411: Elsen Price on world music
410: Charles Chandler on auditions, excerpts, and chamber music
409: Caitlyn Kamminga on life in Trinidad and Tobago
408: Milt Hinton memories with Kurt Morrow
407: Patricia Weitzel on competition, being direct, and opportunity
406: Chris Fitzgerald on anti-dogma, YouTube, and publish or perish
405: Four Bassists That Will Change The World
404: The Bassinova Quartet
403: Kate Jones on Suzuki bass teaching
402: Jack Unzicker on practicing and musicality
401: Brian Perry on auditioning and motivation
400: Zach Rowden on forging your own path and doing what you want
399: Miles Brown on Alarm Will Sound, extended techniques, and versatility
398: Max Dimoff and Ranaan Meyer on team teaching at the University of Michigan
397: John Goldsby on writing books, life overseas, and innovation
396: Orin O'Brien on Leonard Bernstein, Fred Zimmerman, and life in the New York Philharmonic
395: Todd Parks on Nashville, technology, and the acoustic music scene
394: New Album from Nick Villalobos and Simply Three
393: Level Up Your Music Career With Jennifer Rosenfeld
392: Jeff Denson on jazz education, finishing projects, and motivation
391: Gary Peacock on Zen, self, and the muse
390: Susan Cahill on technique, eye movement, and composition
389: Benedict Puglisi's luthier journey
388: Caroline Emery on Bow Works, pacing, and motivation
387: Lucia Turino's best gig disaster stories
386: Larry Grenadier on sound, technique, and fluidity
385: Nick Mainella teaches jazz in just 10 minutes
384: Dennis Tobenski talks careers, business, composing, and podcasting
383: The Orchestral Dream is Dead with Matt Waters
382: standing vs. sitting - the double bassist's dilemma
381: developing bow strokes
380: Jonathan Glawe on landing jobs, delegation, and the state of music education
379: Dennis Whittaker on opera life, endurance, and career paths