One thing that we're trying to get organized is an "ask a guest" thread on TalkBass. A specific guest (say, Andy Anderson, Guy Tuneh, Michael Hovnanian, or the like) will make themselves available on the forum. Bassists will be able to ask former or future guests questions, and the guest can answer them there. We will then turn around and roll those questions and answers into a podcast episode.

This may have to wait until September to really get going (I'm getting married in Hawaii and will be gone for the rest of the month), but it should prove to be a very useful new component of Contrabass Conversations.

Who out of the previous list of guests would you like to have participate in this? Let me know!

Guy Tuneh - double bass virtuoso soloist

Andy Anderson – Section Bass, Lyric Opera of Chicago

Weldon Anderson – former Broadway musician, avant-garde and freelance musician

Bjorn Berkhout – composer of many double bass compositions

Ira Gold – Section Bass, National Symphony Orchestra

John Grillo – Former New World Symphony member, performances with dozens of orchestras

Eric Hochberg – Chicago-area jazz musician

Michael Hovnanian – Section Bass, Chicago Symphony

Lawrence Hurst – Bass Professor, Indiana University

Rob Kassinger – Section Bass, Chicago Symphony

Kate Nettleman – Former New World Symphony member, performances with dozens of orchestras

François Rabbath – double bass solo artist and pedagogue

Greg Sarchet – Section Bass, Lyric Opera of Chicago

Phillip Serna – early music specialist, private teacher and freelance bassist

Jeff Turner – Principal Bass, Pittsburgh Symphony

Colin Corner - Section Bass, Minnesota Orchestra

Scott Rosenthal (not yet released) - Chicago theater musician

Brad Opland (not yet released) - Chicago Symphony bassist