811: Patrick Staples on bowmaking

<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://www.instagram.com/staplesbows/">Patrick Staples</a> is a bassist with the <a href= "https://calgaryphil.com/portfolio-items/patrick-staples/">Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra</a> and has begun making bows recently.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> We talk about growing up in Canada, moving to Los Angeles to attend Colburn and study with David Allen Moore and Paul Ellison, further studies with Tim Pitts at Rice University, and landing his job in Calgary.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">We also dig into how Patrick got started repairing bows, getting into making bass bows, the lessons learned and experience gained from his bow-making journey, and much more.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Enjoy, and be sure to <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/staplesbows/">check out Patrick and his excellent bow work on Instagram</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 100+ 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