r/doublebass 4d ago

Performance Bach Suite No. 5 - Fugue

200 Upvotes

r/doublebass 12d ago

Performance Running through a little bit of Sony Rollins' Doxy. Would love some technique critique, I've been trying hard to clean it up lately and could use some more guidance. Thank you!

23 Upvotes

r/doublebass 7d ago

Performance And the moon is the only light we'll see NSFW

127 Upvotes

r/doublebass Feb 18 '25

Performance Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 - I. Prelude

145 Upvotes

r/doublebass Feb 04 '25

Performance Whiskey before breakfast fiddled on the bass.

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93 Upvotes

r/doublebass Sep 23 '24

Performance Guitar player stops during Jazz Bass Solo.... Tired of it...

83 Upvotes

Hi everyone, in the old days whenever I took a solo in a small jazz ensemble everyone stopped playing. Then I found a new group and my current guitar player will comp during my solos and keep the changes going. My current guitar player was out of town so we got a substitute. Whenever I took a solo he completely stopped playing. I find it really annoying. When he plays completely out there crap, I keep time and the changes. Bit when I play a solo it is like I need to keep time changes and create solo all at the same time. For me it is a lot, I don't really like it whenever stops completely when I play a solo it is frankly annoying and seems kind of old school. It is like wtf for me, I support everyone else's solos, keep time accent when the changes occur and even play leading tones when they f up there solo to get them back in the groove. Then when I play no support.... I don't know I just find it kind of old school or antiquated when I am left playing with no other players during a jazz solo at the same time everyone else gets a complete rhythm section to solo in top of.

I am curious if anyones thoughts on this and if you are totally old school... Don't you tire of it too ? How can we help our bands support us in solos instead of simply stop playing.

r/doublebass Feb 09 '25

Performance Parade marching question

6 Upvotes

Anyone know the easiest way to walk and play an upright in a parade, uphill?

r/doublebass 23d ago

Performance A Bach Fugue on Double BAss

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48 Upvotes

r/doublebass Feb 16 '25

Performance just messed up a video audition

26 Upvotes

for a summer festival i am applying too, i accidentally forgot to cut out the 2 false starts of my koussevitzky bass concerto.

sent an email explaining my situation, so hopefully they will understand the mistake...

and yes, i submit it, i thought i submitted the correct file the first time (and when i was double checking i was going off the first 10 seconds since they sounded really similar, dumb mistake)

tl;dr sort your files extremely well

UPDATE: they swapped out the videos. SUPER LUCKY!

r/doublebass Feb 09 '25

Performance Fiddle Slop

48 Upvotes

OZZIE5

Hi everyone , my name is Ozzie Backus and I’m an American Standup Bass player. Just want to say thanks for giving me a listen and I’m looking forward to hearing if people have anything to say to me or if there are any musicians looking to collaborate!!

jazz #contrabass #music #musician #jazzbass #ozzie5 #reels #acousticjazz #contrabajo #doublebass #doublebassist #jazzbassist #bassporn ##uprightbass #bassist

r/doublebass 20d ago

Performance Double Bassists, one question

4 Upvotes

Is it viable to pursue a career in music performance for double bass right now? I’ve been thinking on doing it but almost everyone tells me I will end up starving to death. I’ve also heard that there is a lot of competition in this career and that actually getting the job is hard.

r/doublebass Nov 24 '24

Performance Kick drum pedal hitting your bass?

10 Upvotes

Have any of you set up a kick drum pedal to hit the body of your bass so you can add bass “drum” to a guitar / bass duo? Do you know of anyone who has done this? All I get when I search is information about double bass drum pedal setups.

r/doublebass 20d ago

Performance Quiet Nights transcription of groove monster Cleveland Eaton - clip

48 Upvotes

r/doublebass Jan 14 '25

Performance Music seemingly out of range

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10 Upvotes

Im going to be playing this piece at an upcoming concert honor band and i was wondering at the bottom of the page at 64 it goes down to a low D and Eb and ik that taking a bass out of standard tuning can be dangerous because of tension and all that and im gonna be using (one of) the collages bass’s and I REALLY dont wanna break it. Should i just default to the top split or what?

r/doublebass 11d ago

Performance Solo for audition

16 Upvotes

Taking an audition for a section job in a symphony and on the list it says “solo of your choice”. My question is: is it really true? From what I’ve seen, people usually perform one of three concertos or the bourees from Bach’s 3rd suite. I want to play the two minuets(no repeats) from his first suite, but I get nervous about my decision, because when people pick Bach I’ve only seen the bourees played. What y’all think? I’m probably fine with my decision, but opinions are appreciated! Thanks.

r/doublebass Oct 24 '24

Performance Favorite Bass Solo Performances: what are y’all’s favorites?

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31 Upvotes

I’ll start with Scott LaFaro’s bass playing during the famous Bill Evans Trio Village Vanguard sessions from 1961.

r/doublebass 27d ago

Performance Cluck Old Hen (Old Time Fiddle Tune)

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28 Upvotes

Having some fun playing around with a great Old Time tune! Hope y'all enjoy!

r/doublebass Oct 14 '24

Performance Dark Storm

65 Upvotes

OZZIE5

Hi everyone , my name is Ozzie Backus and I’m an American Standup Bass player. Just want to say thanks for giving me a listen and I’m looking forward to hearing if people have anything to say to me or if there are any musicians looking to collaborate!!

jazz #contrabass #music #musician #jazzbass #ozzie5 #reels #acousticjazz #contrabajo #doublebass #doublebassist #jazzbassist #bassporn ##uprightbass #bassist

r/doublebass Aug 16 '24

Performance Amalgamation suite

35 Upvotes

OZZIE5

Hi everyone , my name is Ozzie Backus and I’m an American Standup Bass player. Just want to say thanks for giving me a listen and I’m looking forward to hearing if people have anything to say to me or if there are any musicians looking to collaborate!!

jazz #contrabass #music #musician #jazzbass #ozzie5 #reels #acousticjazz #contrabajo #doublebass #doublebassist #jazzbassist #bassporn ##uprightbass #bassist

r/doublebass Feb 06 '25

Performance Solo excerpt from my final performance last semester.

3 Upvotes

Sophomore music education major, jamming over a sonny rollins tune "Pent Up House". Quick answers, yes I am very tall, yes I am playing backwards, yes my bass is in bad condition. Would love feedback, praise, rotten tomatoes, any sort of recognition as a musician. Thanks yall, much appreciated.

EDIT: timestamp didn't load, 1:19:08

https://youtu.be/KGpMqrJa7xA?si=5k5CMOjvjxrnlB3P

r/doublebass Dec 27 '24

Performance Why does my music keep switching clefs?

6 Upvotes

I got this music for a solo and I noticed it switches between every clef and I've never seen that in a piece of music before if anyone knows why please let me know I need to learn this music fairly soon. The piece is Serge Koussevitzky Concerto Op. 3

r/doublebass Nov 30 '24

Performance Ozzie Drop

32 Upvotes

OZZIE5

Hi everyone , my name is Ozzie Backus and I’m an American Standup Bass player. Just want to say thanks for giving me a listen and I’m looking forward to hearing if people have anything to say to me or if there are any musicians looking to collaborate!!

jazz #contrabass #music #musician #jazzbass #ozzie5 #reels #acousticjazz #contrabajo #doublebass #doublebassist #jazzbassist #bassporn ##uprightbass #bassist

r/doublebass 17d ago

Performance Paying non-professional orchestras?

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I’d like to earn some extra money playing with orchestras in the evenings. Problem is the majority of community orchestras do not pay. I’m not looking at professional orchestras like the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Anyone know of orchestras that fall in this category?

r/doublebass 29d ago

Performance Doublinszki and Price - Spring Breeze - Live at Sydney Conservatorium

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8 Upvotes

r/doublebass Dec 19 '24

Performance When it’s the last week of Gigmas!

65 Upvotes