But what’s most interesting is the way he’s adopted an unusual method for tuning his bass, at intervals of a fifth instead of a fourth. This turns out to have effects on the instrument that would have been hard to predict, so while I was interviewing Quarrington I shot some video. This’ll help readers see, hear and understand what I’m trying to describe. So here’s Joel Quarrington:

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Double Bass Blog!

I was delighted to be a podcast guest of Jason Heath’s on his “Contrabass Conversations” which has just been released this Saturday September 5th.

http://doublebassblog.org/

Jason does a fantastic job with his podcast and website and I am really honoured to have been his guest.

Double Bass Podcast!

For those of you who enjoy a somewhat raunchier podcast, I had great fun last summer with Peter Jones of the “Doublebass Cast”.

http://doublebasscast.com/

Peter does his podcast from his home in Tenerife, the Canary Islands (Spain) where he has been the Principal Bass for the last twenty five years. Peter is truly a seasoned professional and we shared many common experiences and concerns about bass playing and life in general with regards to orchestra playing, teaching and a whole slew of other fun topics.

We did a six hour Skype session and began the drinks at around the 2:30 mark so things got more and more interesting as we went along!

(I apologize for the foul language and would suggest parental guidance.)

My friend Jack Schackner, took some footage from my recital at the 2009 Penn State convention of the ISB and I so I posted some.

I have a few other video things I could post, and as soon as I figure out how, I probably will!