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Archive for April, 2007

Road Warrior without an Expense Account Part VIII: Burnout

Yazan: Jason | 30 April 2007 | 11 Comments
Categories: advice, bass

A good friend of mine told me as I started my freelance career that musicians can only last ten years as freelancers. After ten years, the majority of people pack it up and look for other means of employment. “Bah!” I said. I was a tough cookie, able to put in six, seven, or eight [...]

Episode 18 – Interview with Ira Gold Part 2 and music of Bill Koehler

Yazan: Jason | 29 April 2007 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, podcasting

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Here is the next segment of our interview with National Symphony Orchestra double bassist Ira Gold. Ira was first interviewed on episode 15 of the podcast. Feel free to check that episode out, or click here to listen to any of our older episodes. Also, you can direct any questions to Ira directly at irajgold@gmail.com. [...]

New World Symphony live webcast this Sunday – 4:30 p.m. EDT

Yazan: Jason | 28 April 2007 | No Comments
Categories: music news

The New World Symphony will be performing Stravinsky’s Pétrouchka with Michael Tilson Thomas this Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Here is some more information on this event from the NWS website: On Sunday, April 29 at 4:30PM EDT, the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy, will webcast a performance Igor Stravinsky’s Pétrouchka live [...]

Mstislav Rostropovich dies at 80

Yazan: Jason | 28 April 2007 | No Comments
Categories: music news

Here is some sad music world news: Mstislav Rostropovich, the cellist, conductor and champion of human rights who stood at the center of musical and international life for more than half a century, died Friday of cancer at a Moscow hospital. He was 80. (continue reading) I only got a chance to work with Slava [...]

How to Polish Ebony Fingerboards – guest post from Jean-Yves Bénichou

Yazan: Jason | 27 April 2007 | 4 Comments
Categories: advice, bass, Benjy, student resources

This is a guest post by double bassist Jean-Yves Bénichou on how to correctly polish ebony fingerboards. Benjy is bi-national, being a citizen of both the United States and France. He has lived in France for the past 30 years and has been a member of the Strasbourg Philharmonic since 1985. He studied double bass [...]