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Hi folks, In March, I had an email conversation with Steve from the String Emporium, about a defective Finale bow they'd sent me. I sent back the bow, and Steve said they'd replace it with a new one. Since they day I sent the bow, I haven't got any answers to my emails (I've tried various...

Hi all. Here I wrote about my process of applying, re-applying and finally being accepted to study at the Folk Music Dept. at the Sibelius Academy. My first study year is approaching its end, and I'd like to write down some experiences. Something that's taken most of my playing and...

Hi there, my bass playing is getting to the point where I can play anything I hear (clearly enough) in my head. I've been practicing a lot of hearing first, then playing, and got good results. But the problem is, I can't hear very fast. It's as though the music gets muddy, or unclear, if I...

Hi all, this is just a little something that made my day today when I heard about it. I work at the Invalid Link Removed in various roles that all include being invisible to the public: in a concert situation, whatever needs doing that the sound & light & security people don't do, nearly...

I bought an old bike trailer at a flea market last week. Yesterday I had the chance to give it a try with the bass, as the weather was nice for a change. All went great, but I'll have to find a safer way to strap the bass on - with only the trailer's safety belt (meant for children) holding the...

Hi all, I've been keeping a double bass diary since last September. Today I compiled a half-year statistic from the little book. I've been thinking on how to increase my total playing time, and the statistics show a simple way to do it. This is the sum of the diary, from 1st Jan to 30th...

Hi all, I'm applying for Sibelius Academy (Finland's only music university) to major in double bass (Folk music dept) this spring. The five-day, two-phase entrance examination will begin on May 7th, and today I received an email containing practical information and MY PERSONAL EXAMINATION...

I'm excited! Link Removed applied recently to play at the annual Link Removed, Finlandia University, Hancock, MI, September this year. Today, they e-mailed us that they want us to play there! I've played around Europe, sure, but another continent... I'm so excited!

Hi all, I was playing a dance gig yesterday (smallish room, acoustic, medium volume, accordion/guitar/bass/cajón), and suddenly in the middle of an uptempo tune my left hand little finger "refused to work any more". It was like all power had gone out of it. Come break, I did some stretching...

Hello everybody, and a happy new year! My band Link Removed have just released our first full length album, "Puutarhautuminen". Three tracks from the album are available on Soundcloud. The album is also coming to Spotify soon. If you are interested, all the mp3's can be bought at iTunes...

Hello all, this is a transcription I did today. I've been listening to Renaud Garcia-Fons' album La Línea de Sur a lot, so I thought I'd try to transcribe some of the fantastic melodies - incredible five-string bass arco playing. Later, maybe, the solos - I'm not ready yet to face them. In...

This week is a new bass week for me! I found this Russian carved bass on our local version of Craigslist, muusikoiden.net, for 1000€. Went visiting and got the bass home for testing. I could see myself that the bass will need some repairs before it's playable - the endpin is stuck almost the...

Hello everybody, my teacher sometimes lets me use her rosin if I forget taking my own to the lesson. The chunk of rosin my teacher uses (Kolstein soft) is soft and easy to apply, whereas mine (of the same brand, bought later than hers) is rock hard compared to hers. When I asked the same...

Hello all, I think this is my first post here, at least on this side. I'm a Finnish guy, so please blame any odd idioms or phrases on that :) I've been reading the board for some years, and playing the double bass since 2005. First, a little history. You can skip this part if you like...

Hi all, I (we) just came home from my (our) honeymoon, and I tried to play my bass after the long break. I had expected something like this, but not this serious: I feel like it's a completely different instrument. What happened to my bass? Obviously, I'll need to play even more for that, to...