Max Dimoff's guest appearances

Max Dimoff

Contrabass Conversations

David Allen

Paul Simon

Brian Johnson

Willie Nelson

Henry Chen

William Parker

Steve Metcalf

Scott Dixon

John Davis

Chris West

Leonard Bernstein

Paul Johnson

Miles Brown

Kevin Brown

Rick Jones

OwlTail

Ranaan Meyer

Cleveland Orchestra principal bassist Max Dimoff and Time for Three bassist Ranaan Meyer are the new teaching team at the University of Michigan!  Both Max and Ranaan have been featured on past podcast episodes as well as in my 2016 book Winning the Audition. Learn more about the program:  University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, &amp; Dance (Facebook) University of Michigan profile page on doublebassblog.org Email Max Email Ranaan  Past Max and Ranaan Appearances on Contrabass Conversations:  Max:  Standing vs. Sitting Practicing Technique Winning the Audition original 2009 interview   Ranaan  Round Two Interview from 2017 original 2007 interview      Subscribe to the podcast to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!

Cleveland Orchestra principal bassist <a href="http://smtd.umich.edu/faculty_staff/bio.php?u=mdimoff" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Max Dimoff</a> and Time for Three bassist <a href="https://smtd.umich.edu/faculty_staff/bio.php?u=ranaanm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ranaan Meyer</a> are the new teaching team at the University of Michigan!  Both Max and Ranaan have been featured on past podcast episodes as well as in my 2016 book <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/winningtheaudition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Winning the Audition</a>. Learn more about the program: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/umichsmtd/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, &amp; Dance</a> (Facebook)</li> <li><a href="http://doublebassblog.org/colleges/michigan/university-of-michigan" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">University of Michigan profile page on doublebassblog.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&amp;fs=1&amp;tf=1&amp;to=mdimoff@umich.edu" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Email Max</a></li> <li><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&amp;fs=1&amp;tf=1&amp;to=ranaanm@umich.edu" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Email Ranaan</a></li> </ul> Past Max and Ranaan Appearances on Contrabass Conversations: <ul> <li>Max: <ul> <li><a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/2017/08/10/standing-vs-sitting-double-bass/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Standing vs. Sitting</a></li> <li><a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/2017/04/24/336-practicing-technique-advice-masters/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Practicing Technique</a></li> <li><a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/winning-audition-complete-series/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Winning the Audition</a></li> <li><a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/2009/02/21/cbc-109-max-dimoff-interview/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">original 2009 interview</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Ranaan <ul> <li><a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/2017/04/17/334-ranaan-meyer-round-two-interview/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Round Two Interview from 2017</a></li> <li><a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/2007/07/08/cbc-28-r-meyer-interview/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">original 2007 interview</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the podcast</a> to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!

398: Max Dimoff and Ranaan Meyer on team teaching at the University of Michigan

Contrabass Conversations Co-host John Grillo and Jason conclude their interview with Cleveland Orchestra Principal Bass Max Dimoff this week. Before winning his job with the Cleveland Orchestra, Max served as Principal Bass of the San Antonio Symphony and Section Bass for the Grant Park Symphony and Seattle Symphony. In this second segment of our interview with Max, we cover the use of rhythms in practicing solo and orchestral music, why he finds warm-up exercises useful, standing versus sitting, and audition preparation advice. Max's Warm-Ups  Max Dimoff Warm-Up Packet (PDF) In addition to serving as Principal Bass with the Cleveland Orchestra, Max is on faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music along with Jeff Bradetich, his former teacher from Northwestern University. Max and Jeff team teach the CIM bass studio in a very interesting arrangement which we discuss during our interview.

Contrabass Conversations Co-host <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/guests/episodes/john-grillo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Grillo</a> and Jason conclude their interview with Cleveland Orchestra Principal Bass <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Dimoff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Max Dimoff</a> this week. Before winning his job with the Cleveland Orchestra, Max served as Principal Bass of the San Antonio Symphony and Section Bass for the Grant Park Symphony and Seattle Symphony. In this second segment of our interview with Max, we cover the use of rhythms in practicing solo and orchestral music, why he finds warm-up exercises useful, standing versus sitting, and audition preparation advice. Max's Warm-Ups <a href="http://doublebassblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/max-dimoff-warmups.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Max Dimoff Warm-Up Packet</a> (PDF) In addition to serving as Principal Bass with the Cleveland Orchestra, Max is on faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music along with Jeff Bradetich, his former teacher from Northwestern University. Max and Jeff team teach the CIM bass studio in a very interesting arrangement which we discuss during our interview.

112: Max Dimoff Interview part 2

Contrabass Conversations Co-host John Grillo and Jason interview Cleveland Orchestra Principal Bass Max Dimoff this week. Before winning his job with the Cleveland Orchestra, Max served as Principal Bass of the San Antonio Symphony and Section Bass for the Grant Park Symphony and Seattle Symphony. In this second segment of our interview with Max, we cover the use of rhythms in practicing solo and orchestral music, why he finds warm-up exercises useful, standing versus sitting, and audition preparation advice. Max's Warm-Ups  Max Dimoff Warm-Up Packet (PDF) In addition to serving as Principal Bass with the Cleveland Orchestra, Max is on faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music along with Jeff Bradetich, his former teacher from Northwestern University. Max and Jeff team teach the CIM bass studio in a very interesting arrangement which we discuss during our interview.

Contrabass Conversations Co-host <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/guests/episodes/john-grillo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Grillo</a> and Jason interview Cleveland Orchestra Principal Bass <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Dimoff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Max Dimoff</a> this week. Before winning his job with the Cleveland Orchestra, Max served as Principal Bass of the San Antonio Symphony and Section Bass for the Grant Park Symphony and Seattle Symphony. In this second segment of our interview with Max, we cover the use of rhythms in practicing solo and orchestral music, why he finds warm-up exercises useful, standing versus sitting, and audition preparation advice. Max's Warm-Ups <a href="http://doublebassblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/max-dimoff-warmups.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Max Dimoff Warm-Up Packet</a> (PDF) In addition to serving as Principal Bass with the Cleveland Orchestra, Max is on faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music along with Jeff Bradetich, his former teacher from Northwestern University. Max and Jeff team teach the CIM bass studio in a very interesting arrangement which we discuss during our interview.