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"when used in folk and bluegrass music, the instrument can also be referred to as an upright bass, standup bass, bass fiddle, ...doghouse bass, dog-house, ...or bunkhouse bass." (Wikipedia)

My father, Charlie, played the bass in a Canadian band in the 1950s hence the name!

Archive for July, 2007

Hollywood Plagiarism

Ever seen “The Untouchables” with Kevin Costner?
Remember the scene with the baby carriage?
Here is the film they stole it from
The film is The Battleship Potemkin by the brilliant Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein.
No doubt some of these actors portraying victims of Tsarist oppression succumbed during the Stalinist oppression.
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Fairness in Music Pricing