Recent content by ljtravis95

I'm an incoming freshman at a University, been playing at a serious level for about a year now. I've tackled most of Simandl 1, and some of Two. I played the Telemann sonata for my audition, and did pretty well. However, my sightreading just wasn't up to par, so I'm not in the orchestra this...

I find it near impossible to stand and play German, I find my posture fails and I end up leaning over the bass. I've had to sit ever since I started playing German. I can hardly hit the G string without.

Okay TBers. Here's the deal. I've been playing bass for about 2 years. So I consider myself a rookie. I've never had any call to adjust string height. However, recently my G string has been giving me a bad buzz on occasion when I played above the octave. (Thumb position) Being the novice I am, I...

Okay, here goes. I want to start a bass-centric podcast or YouTube channel. I don't really have a big expensive mixer or anything but I have what I would consider a decent video camera. I thought about doing a couple test podcasts just to see how the quality turned out. Thoughts?