VSA 2010 Oberlin Bass Workshop

If you’re interested, read on below but first some important business!
To register, please contact me by e-mail: jamespeterham@shaw.ca with name, address and phone number. I will forward your information to Oberlin College and they will contact you about fees etc.

Upcoming Special Presentations at
David Gage String Instruments:

The 2009-2010 season of The Workshop Series at David Gage started up in grand style with a presentation by Downbeat’s “Bassist of the Year,” Christian McBride.

Other presentation this year included Lynn Seaton on October 14 and Ron Carter on November 4. It is looking like a banner year for The Workshop Series at David Gage.

The 2008-2009 season of The Workshop Series at David Gage featured Carlos Henriquez, L'Orchestre de Contrebasses, Esperanza Spalding and Ben Allison. If you want to catch up on any of this season's (and last season's) that you might have missed, you can always view them on Mike's Master Classes.

Christian McBride
Workshop for Musicians
Wed., Sept. 23, 2009 at 7:15pm
at David Gage String Instruments
Tickets: $20.00
($15.00 students and seniors)

Lynn Seaton
Clinic On Arco Techniques For Jazz Bass
Wed., October 14, 2009 at 7:15pm
at David Gage String Instruments
Tickets: $20.00
($15.00 students and seniors)

Ron Carter
“All Alone”
Wed., November 4, 2009 at 7:15pm
at David Gage String Instruments
Tickets: $20.00
($15.00 students and seniors)

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The Workshop Series at David Gage streamed on mikesmasterclasses.com

Last year's lineup included Ron Carter, Francois Rabbath, Ben Wolfe, Drew Gress, Jim Stinnett and Tim Cobb presenting exciting, inspiring and informative workshops on such topics as  "Introduction to The New Technique and The Art of The Bow" (Rabbath) to "Audition Techniques" (Cobb).

The great news is that it is not too late to see any and all of those workshops!! Over the last year we have been working with mikesmasterclasses.com to stream The Workshop Series at David Gage String Instruments in an interactive format on the Internet. Thus all of the workshops of the last year and also a couple of events from the previous year are now available on line at mikesmasterclasses.com. Below is a list of of available workshops:

• Drew Gress:
  Bottomlands Architecture;
• Francois Rabbath:
  Introduction to The New Technique and The Art of The Bow
• Ben Wolfe:
  String Bass Workshop
• Harvie S and Guitarist Mimi Fox:
  The Art of the Duo
• Avishai Cohen:
  Masterclass

Please note that we have arranged for a discount for our friends and clients. Use the coupon code "dgsi" at mikesmasterclasses.com to receive a $5.00 discount on any of the David Gage Workshops.

Additionally, we are starting to post video clips from our workshops on youtube.com (we will be embedding them on davidgage.com soon as well). Clips from Mimi Fox and Harvie S Art of the Duo workshop and Ben Wolfe - Bass Line Construction workshop are already up and available for viewing. Other clips are also available from Mike's Masterclasses.

Eddie Gomez Masterclass Video

An Evening With Eddie Gomez is the latest release in the Thirty-Six Walker Street Prods./ David Gage String Instruments Master Class Series. Produced in collaboration with Telling Pictures and Filmed live at the David Gage's shop by Academy Award Winning Director, Rob Epstein, this DVD is a landmark venture in instructional/performance video for bass.

Eddie Gomez is one of the most recognized names in jazz bass. His solo works, as well as his collaborations with luminaries such as Bill Evans, Chick Corea, and Paul Bley, are an important part of the cannon of jazz music. In this video, he engages a live audience of professional bassists, amateurs, students, and enthusiasts.

Rob Epstein won Best Feature-length Documentary Oscars for "The Times of Harvey Milk" (1984) and "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt" (1989). His work on this project is both subtle and sure. He leaves Mr. Gomez the room he needs to express himself while maintaining a compelling perspective on the music and spontaneous discussion.

For more information on "An Evening with Eddie Gomez" please visit our store.

New Czech-Ease Acoustic Bass Website!!

We have been planning for a while to develop a series of mini-websites for each of the David Gage products -- the Realist Acoustic Transducer, The Czech-Ease Acoustic Road Bass, The Metropolitan Carbon Fiber Double-Bass Bow and the Gage Travel Trunk for Bass and Cello.

First of the bat is the Czech-Ease mini-website (actually, it's not that mini, and it's still growing...)  The Czech-Ease™ is a full sounding bass with an abbreviated body that makes it exponentially more portable than its full-bodied cousins without losing the true-bass sound.  This is where you can find out who is playing it, what they are saying about it, where you can see it, try it out, buy it or rent it -- we now have dealers in the U.S., Canada and Europe. There are also pictures, video and a brand new FAQ.

If you already are a Czech-Ease user, we would love to hear from you – what you think about it, how you use it, etc. Also we would love any video or mp3 of the Czech-Ease in action...We will be adding submission forms for this purpose on the Czech-Ease website; till then you can email us.

So, czech-out the Czech-Ease website and let us know what you think!!

You can also visit our on-line store for more information on the
Czech-Ease Acoustic Road Bass

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