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Tweet Sometime in the 90s I saw an advertisement from Disney looking for musicians and other performers. My mind raced to create all sorts of […]
Continue reading »Tweet In 2002 I was fortunate to be able to travel to Germany. One of my stops was Leipzig where Bach work at the St. […]
Continue reading »Tweet 2/15/16 UPDATED – Corrected some incorrect chords / notes. AND now has 2 versions of the accompaniment – one with the solo in tenor […]
Continue reading »Tweet Here’s a shifting exercise I made today for my private studio. Click the image to download the PDF.
Continue reading »Tweet I was recently interviewed by a graduate student in Switzerland about teaching the bow to beginning bassists. Here are the questions and my responses. […]
Continue reading »Tweet I’ve been watching YouTube videos lately to improve my bass guitar playing. YouTube can be a great resource but as an open forum one […]
Continue reading »Tweet I was listening to the StarTalk podcast where Neil DeGrasse Tyson interviews Edward Snowden (September 17, 2015). Encryption is one of the topics that […]
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Continue reading »Tweet Musicians tend not to be the most foresighted financial planners. This is understandable as most freelance musicians aren’t salaried. A paycheck here from an […]
Continue reading »Tweet A few post ago I gave some tips for helping young players figure out bowings. Below are some sheets I use.
Continue reading »Tweet I bought this Turbo Tune from Bob Gollihur’s store. It’s a great accessory! Save your wrists and change string very quickly.
Continue reading »Tweet I just bought the Guitar Dock from BassStringsOnline and I’m impressed! Easy to clip on and the clamps are have rubber on them to protect the […]
Continue reading »Tweet With my simple arrangement of Pomp & Circumstance, your string orchestra will be ready in no time AND sound great!
Continue reading »Tweet Several years ago I was hired to do an Easter church service gig in a very affluent suburb of Chicago. I was excited as […]
Continue reading »Tweet What are your thoughts on what does or doesn’t count as practice? We spend a lot of time with our instrument but what really […]
Continue reading »Tweet from the String Emporium: My name is Steve Koscica and I own and operate a web site dedicated to the upright bass. While we […]
Continue reading »Tweet An arrangement I did of Valse Miniature for bass and strings is now available for $6.
Continue reading »Tweet I recently had a student ask me if he was good enough for a specific ensemble he saw on television. I said no and […]
Continue reading »Tweet This past weekend I was practicing and working on some rather fast sixteenth note passages. I wanted to get the down bows and up […]
Continue reading »Tweet MostlyBass ClassicPost “Sharpening the Saw” is one of Dr. Stephen Covey’s ‘habits’ in is 7 Steps for Highly Effective People. It came to mind […]
Continue reading »Tweet MostlyBass ClassicPost A while ago I ranted about Shar’s Hoffmann bass and their awful customer service. I also praised the Shen line of basses. […]
Continue reading »Tweet MostlyBass ClassicPost Disappointed that your students aren’t going to music school? Perhaps you should be disappointed that they are. What? Did I just say […]
Continue reading »Tweet It happens to all of us. We practice. We have our routine (which is good!). We have our allotted practice time and organized it […]
Continue reading »Tweet Descending Tri-Tone – YYZ – Rush Secondary Dominant – She Hates Me – Puddle of Mudd Half Time Take On Me (at 3:05) – covered byMxPx Cadence iv – I – Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel Progressions I – IV – V – I Love Rock n Roll – Joan Jett I – IV – V with Arpeggiated Bass – Stir it Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers I – IV – V – IV – Undone (The Sweater Song) – Weezer V – IV – I – Sweet Home Alabama I – IV – I – Beverly Hills – Weezer I – IV – I ( With Descending Bass) – Car Carrier Blues – Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Major to Minor – Stealin’ – Uriah Heep Metric Modulation Rage Against The Machine Intervals Tri-Tone – Purple Haze or YYZ Descending 4th – Under Pressure / Ice Ice Baby Ascending Octave – Simple – Phish […]
Continue reading »Tweet MostlyBass ClassicPost I’m currently weeding out my bookmarks that I’ve saved for YEARS. Many don’t work, but I’ve also rediscovered some gems. Here are […]
Continue reading »Tweet MostlyBass ClassicPost Ugh. I just finished a lesson with a wonderfully nice student with an upcoming audition. Apparently, the local high school is having […]
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