Archive for February, 2007
Angering Conductors 101 – Louisville Orchestra Story
Yazan: Jason | 28 February 2007 | 9 Comments
Categories: bass, crazy gig stories
There is also a audio version of this story! Check it out here or click the audio player at the top of this post! Driving the Conductor Crazy This is a story about an unfortunate concert experience that one of the former members of The Louisville Orchestra told me a few years back. I’ve witnessed [...]
Basso Moderno Duo plays music of Yoko Ono
Yazan: Jason | 28 February 2007 | 3 Comments
Categories: bass, bass videos, videos
I stumbled upon the Basso Moderno Duo while clicking around, and the fact that they were playing a piece written by Yoko Ono immediately intrigued me. Here is information on the duo from their website: The Basso Moderno Duo has commissioned over one hundred lyrical works for solo bass and piano by some of the [...]
The Z-List – good idea from the blogging community
Yazan: Jason | 27 February 2007 | 5 Comments
Categories: blogging
After reading about the Z-List from several bloggers, I thought that I’d give it a try. My blog already has a pretty decent page rank for my specialty, but I like the idea of being able to give a shout out to other bloggers. Any reciprocal links are always appreciated. If you want to join [...]
Accept your niche, classical music fans
Yazan: Jason | 27 February 2007 | 3 Comments
Categories: music news
On An Overgrown Path recently highlighted a Milwaukee Journal article by music writer Tom Strini. Tom makes some interesting points in this article on the target demographic of classical music and the lack of cultural centrality of this music. Here is an excerpt from his column: The survival of larger classical musical institutions, particularly orchestras, [...]
Daniel Barenboim – the chud himself
Yazan: Jason | 27 February 2007 | No Comments
Categories: humor
Some people remarked on my use of the term ‘chud’ when describing former Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor Daniel Barenboim in a recent post. I was kidding around with the term, but in case anyone was wondering about the exact definition, here it is (via Wikipedia): Chud is a term referring to urban homeless people, especially [...]
Sponsors:
Subscribe to our podcast!
Blog highlights
Network with us!
 |
 |
