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I just found this link in a recent post on The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross. Would you like to hear some classic trumpet screw-ups? Then check out this page. It is especially funny to hear an instrument with such a prominent role screw up. When bass players screw [...]

I was playing a Messiah performance this weekend that started to get derailed in some alarming and funny ways. This orchestra and chorus were quite good, but the group had for some reason decided to use a harpsichordist who had never before played the harpsichord. He was a pianist, and something must have [...]

Yahoo! just published this interesting list about the top searches in various categories. They list the top 10 overall searches, news searches, celebrity searches, baby searches, politician searches, and many more. One of my favorite lists is the top blog/blogger searches. Most of them are trashy celebrity blogs. The list is a [...]

I have made many posts about the Whitewater Winter Bassfest in the past. If you want to find out more information about past clinicians, activities, schedules, and more just click here. Many prominent musicians from major orchestras have served on the faculty over the past five years as well as some dynamite Chicago [...]

I have quit my teaching job at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, but the Bassfest that I started five years ago still lives on. Scott Kreger, the new double bass instructor at UWW, will be continuing the festival, and he is having me back this year as a clinician. Scott is a double bassist [...]

This is a post continuing the discussion of various double bass fingering methods. You can read the complete conversation here. Feel free to add your comments to any of these posts. If you have more extended thoughts or additional methods that you would like me to include as a separate post feel [...]

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Play!, the video game symphony, has a medley of Mario tunes hat is worth checking out. Arnie Roth directs this ensemble, and I have worked with Arnie many times in the past in various ensembles. He is based here in Chicago, Illinois, and he does work for the Mannheim Steamroller, Irish Tenors, [...]

The Official Google Blog recently wrote a post about Google’s new partnership with Teach for America. Google states:
In recognition of the strengths exhibited by Teach For America corps members and their strong commitment to education, Google is offering two-year deferrals to individuals who are accepted into Teach For America’s program and who also [...]