Recent content by SeaMist_au

Of course he give us feedback, with a great deal of diplomacy I might add. If it's not up to scratch he will say so, if it's getting there he will say so and if it goes really well he will say that as well although sometimes I wonder if he is tone deaf, but I suspect he is just showing the...

For rehearsals I actually record the performance on my little zoom recorder so you definitely know there. Other than that you can tell if the orchestra is having a train wreck. As a bassist I am always listening for 'the groove' ( even in an orchestra) as the bass is 'meant' to be the tonal...

Love of Three Oranges.......we have that one now. The first time we played it in public you should have seen the audience reaction.......judging by the open mouths and stunned silence at the end we must have been amazing........

DPA to EDB2 works just fine. Perfectly I would have said. Plenty of signal for the AI coda to work with. Sounds great, nice and warm. The only issues I have is with feedback and the notch filter on the EDB2 is quite good at suppressing that enough to get adequate volume. I can consistently get...

If you play amplified you can definitely be heard. There are definitely string bass parts in many band pieces. I play with one tuba, one baritone sax and a bass? Clarinet. They still say when I am not at a practice that they miss the sound of the bass underpinning the entire band. The string...

The bow counts a lot but it is more a technique. Playing at that speed is best done on a quasi spiccato. The bounce is replaced by a sort of scooping motion. It is all about controlled weight and bounce. Takes * a lot* of practice to get it right but well worth the effort. I'm still working on...

I play in a community orchestra and am still at the wrong end of the learning curve unfortunately so I stuff up often. But I am not alone. Everyone in a community orchestra is likely to make mistakes. Sometimes ( in practice) the entire orchestra goes off lol. Even in performance I have...

Usually play it out. If it has clumped a bit use a hair mite comb. The teeth are just the right size for combing a bow.

With the Streicher hold the the third finger can assist the first if you really need to dig in.

This is Philips website. He is doing some very interesting work......... Link Removed

As requested. Not great quality. They were taken using an iPad.

I have just purchased this bow as a stable mate for my Man D Eugen. It's a beautiful sounding and looking bow in snakewood by Philip Smith in Tasmania Australia. Beautiful, articulate, rich and mellow. And a perfect sized frog for those using the Streicher grip. The Man D. Eugen has a grittier...

+1 for Streicher. I still needed my teacher's guidance.........actually a lot of guidance.......You can look at the Streicher bow hold for example but there is quite a bit going on with that that is not apparent. Getting the bow to start, playing pianissimo, accents, staccato all require...

What happens to me is that if I am particularly tense, like from concentrating on reading a difficult ( for me) piece of music, my bow arm tenses and rides up over the fingerboard. Tone goes out the window........ Earlier in my playing if it was sounding awful I would look down and notice that...

I've never heard of such a thing. Given the precision required and the set up requirements I doubt such a thing exists. You can get the NS from The Bass Centre from Melbourne. They ship Australia wide. I recommend them highly. Personally I would try out the one in Sydney to see if you like it. Gwen