767: John Van Lierop on orchestral playing

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">John Van Lierop serves as principal bass for <a href="https://www.sinfoniarotterdam.nl/">Sinfonia Rotterdam</a> and is a frequent guest principal bass in many European orchestras.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> We connected to talk about the challenges of leading a bass section for a r<a href= "https://youtu.be/Bd2nD34mjMQ">ecent video</a>, but we covered many other topics like John’s path through the music world, the effect of strings upon a player’s perceptions, rosin, articulation, and much more.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Enjoy, and check out John’s playing on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wO9wKZnIVQ">Thomas and George Martin’s YouTube Channel!</a></span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p4"><span class="s2"><a href= "http://smarturl.it/cbcpodcast?ck_subscriber_id=90309136"><em>Subscribe to the podcast</em></a></span> <span class="s1"><em>to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!</em></span></p> <p class="p5"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><em>Check out our</em> <a href= "https://gumroad.com/dbbpublications?sort=newest"><em>Online Sheet Music Store</em></a> <em>with 80+ wide-ranging titles for bassists.</em></span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p6"><span class="s1"><a href= "http://contrabassconversations.com/app"><em>Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle</em></a><em>.</em></span><span class= "s4"><br /></span></p> <p class="p7"><span class="s1"><em>Check out my</em> <a href= "https://courses.discoverdoublebass.com/p/beginners-classical-bass"> <em>Beginner's Classical Bass course</em></a><em>, available exclusively from</em> <a href= "https://discoverdoublebass.com/jasonheath"><em>Discover Double Bass</em></a><em>.</em></span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p7"><span class="s1"><strong>Thank you to our sponsors!</strong></span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p7"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://new.steinberg.net/dorico/"><strong>Dorico</strong