fun stuff

  
      Since I am one of a relatively few left-handed upright bassists, I thought I might use the magic of the internet to allow folks to see what I might look like if I were right-handed. Place your mouse on the picture and prepare to have your mind blown!
 

      This is my cat. His name is Howard. Click here to hear the freakishly loud and infant-like meow he uses to wake me up at 5:30am or anytime I attempt to practice (Lord, how he hates it when I practice!)

 
      While I’m a barely competent chess player (rating about 1200) and a half-decent golfer (about a 10 handicap), I do enjoy the occasional game of either. Click on the pictures to either book a tee time with me or start up an email chess game with me. And if you have any advice for me in either area (besides “get some real hobbies”, or “maybe you should concentrate more on your career and less on your freakin’ hobbies”), let me know. I need help… seriously… chess3168.jpg (224592 bytes)
      I’ve done a few transcriptions lately that I thought I’d share with you all. So far I’ve done solos by Sonny Rollins on “Moritat” and Clifford Brown on “Pent-Up House”. Look for more transcriptions soon, or whenever I get around to it.

Moritat (Mac the Knife):  page 1  page 2  page 3  page 4  page 5 

Pent-Up House:  page 1  page 2  page 3

      Also, for all you fellow bassists out there, I’ve compiled a book of arpeggio fingerings in all 12 keys for my students, and thought I’d share a few of them with all of you out there in internet land. I have 2 octave major and minor triad arpeggios, major and minor 7th arpeggios, and dominant 7th and minor 7th b5 arpeggios, with fingerings for upright and electric bass. Again, feel free to email me any comments/suggestions you might have concerning these fingerings, I’m always interested to hear how other people get around on the bass.

major and minor triad arpeggios:  page 1  page 2

major and minor 7th  arpeggios:  page 1  page 2

dominant 7th and minor 7th b5 arpeggios:  page 1  page 2
Here are some pics from the tour of Japan with Yoko Miwa and the tour of the Czech Republic with Springhill in fall 2005! 

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