Browse through the one-minute trailers below, then login or join the ISB to view entire presentations from the 2015 ISB convention, which was held June 1st-6th at Colorado State University's Center for the Arts in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Tyler Abbott
Ray's Blues: How to Sound Like Ray Brown While Walking the Blues
Frederic Alarie
Bass
Doug Basye
The life of a bass player or What happens to the 99 people who don't win the job.
Adam Booker
Double Bass Techniques of the Early Jazz era
Renaud Boucher-Browning
Musical Athletes: Yoga, Pilates, and Body Awareness Techniques for Bassists of All Ages
Jeff Bradetich
Bottesini Concerto No. 2; An in-depth analysis of phrasing, bowings and fingerings
Joel Braun
The School of Agility Decoded: Exploring the Technique and Fingering System of Eugene Levinson
Kevin Brown
Audition Preparation Beyond the Practice Room: Raising awareness to meet higher musical standards on your own tems
Virginia Dixon
Gaining Skills as a Teacher
Paul Ellison
Master Class
Paul Erhard
Improve your intonation with Indian tambura drones. Play Bach Suites and Beethoven 9 recitative in tune!
Giuseppe Ettorre
Bach, Mozart, Bottesini, Piazzolla: different sounds and styles of the double-bass
Dean Ferrell
Dragonetti's Lost Years (1808-1814)
Lou Fischer
BASSic Connection: Kamil Erdem - Lou Fischer Bass Duo
Lloyd Goldstein
Arts In Medicine at The Moffitt Cancer Center: Working as a Certified Music Practitioner, Delivering Therapeutic Music to Patients, Families and Visitors at a Nationally Recognized Cancer Institue
Linda Grace
Structural and Movement Health for Bass Players
Hans Halt
Melodic soloing for the beg/int bassist
Alexander Hanna
Orchestral Repertoire Masterclass
Matthias Heyman
"The Forgotten Bassist": Lost Lessons from Jimmie Blanton
Dean Johnson
Dean Johnson Trio, Featuring Pianist Art Lande & Saxophonist Peter Sommer
Mimi Jones
Career Advice: The Business of Music
Randall Kertz
Injury Prevention Strategies and Techniques Identified and Discussed for Practice, Performance and Life
Kristin Korb
Finding Home
Chris Kosky
A Conversation with a Jazz Legend
William Lakeberg
Ask a Luthier
Tod Leavitt
Two New String Quintets
Barry Lieberman
Orchestral solo master class
Leigh Mesh
Master Class
Jordan Morton
Jordan Morton - double bass and voice
Juan Pablo Navarro
A Tango A Secret Code II: The Art of Tango Phrasing in Astor Piazzolla Music
Volkan Orhon
Little bit of everthing!
Jimmi Roger Pedersen
Bass Duo from Scandinavia
Gene Perla
Music Business Review
Brian Perry
Orchestral Masterclass
John Michael Priester
Intonation, Your Bass, and You: Exploring the Resonance Model of Intonation
Frank Proto
Frank Proto Masterclass
Morten Ramsboel
Bass Duo from Scandinavia
Jorge Roeder
Peruvian Songs and Improvisations
Robin Ruscio
Mindfulness and Music: Psychological Techniques to Enhance Practice and Performance
Nathaniel Sabat
Bluegrass Bass Playing: A Detailed 4-Step Approach
Jiri Slavik
Jazz Concert
Daniel Stotz
Joseph Prunner
Hans Sturm
The Double Bass Fingering Buffet: Helping Students Explore the Wide Variety of Expressive Choices
Craig Thomas
The Jazz Bassist as Composer
Dennis Trembly
Master Class
Jeff Turner
Audition Success: A review of the common threads from Bass World's Hot Shots / In the Zone columns.
Jack Unzicker
167 Hours: Practice Strategies for Teachers and Students to Get the Most Out of the Time Between Lessons
P Kellach Waddle
Of Vampires and Vegas: New Music Composed and Performed by P.Kellach Waddle
Garry Wasserman
Made in America: A History of North American Bass Making
Ron Wasserman
JP Jofre Hard Tango Chamber Band
Derek Weller
College audition panel discussion
Danny Ziemann
Teaching and Implementing New Methods For Jazz Bass Line Construction