For less than a week now, I have been exercising my shoulders, arms, sides and back with 2 pound, hand-held weights.  That seems to be worki...

It has become clear to me that playing stand-up bass is very demanding physically.  You get tired playing string bass.  Your arms, your hand...

Here's a couple of songs my band is studying right now.  These recordings were made at our regular weekly practice. All Right, Okay, Y...

My jazz band class ended last night, but resumes again in two weeks for a new semester. Everything about playing bass gets easier and easie...

I began reading notes in bass clef one year ago in June.  This was after I began taking a "big band" class, an adult education cla...

When I was in high school, I lived in San Jose, California with my parents. They ran a music school for guitar in Salinas, California, and ...

As a Vince Guaraldi fan, I have met and made contacts with other fans through articles on another blog. I received an invitation from jazz ...

Listen to the Band Here . Last night my Big Band, now called "the Cats Swing Band," gave a recital to mark the end of the semest...

Lately I am obsessed with learning to play jazz on a double bass (also called string bass, stand-up bass or acoustic bass).  I give not a sc...

Last week at my big band class, I started getting feedback from the amplifier.  There was a loud hum, then chairs and music stands began fal...