Weekly Wrap-Up
I spent the majority of this week playing up around Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. While the concerts were fun and in a beautiful setting, these long drives are slowly killing me, and I see less and less of them in my future.
I played the same festival last year right around the time that I started blogging in earnest. You can check out some photos and video of this picturesque area of Wisconsin on this July 2006 post.
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This week saw both the first overseas interview for the Contrabass Conversations podcast with Guy Tuneh, and our first video episode (also featuring Guy) as well. There has been a great response from the bass community about this interview (we’ve received well over 50 comments from listeners already), and I am sure that listeners will look forward to more great content from Guy on the podcast in the near future.
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Part 2 of Basses, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles launched this week as well. I always enjoy doing these story/photo montages, and I am currently working on the third part of the series (about planes) right now.
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The new posting schedule for the blog is as follows:
Monday through Friday - news stories, videos, photos, resources, and other info
Saturday - no posts
Sunday - Contrabass Conversations episode
I usually work on the podcast on Saturday, and blogging and podcasting require two very different mindsets for me, so it’s best if I just lay low for that day. Plus, taking a day off from the blog to clear my head is probably a good thing in general.
Additionally, I try to put out one ‘long form’ piece of original writing per week, like a gig story or article about the music business. This longer form writing, plus the podcasts and the weekly video/photo/news/community posts are definitely keeping me busy!
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This week we also featured an interview with author Susanne Dunlap for her book Liszt’s Kiss. I had a good time doing this, and I am happy to do print interviews (as well as reviews) for books, CDs, and other music-related endeavors.
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Current number of posts on doublebassblog.org: 1382
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Here is a summary of this week’s blog activity:
- Contrabass Conversations #30 – Guy Tuneh interview and Lonnie Plaxico music
- Guy Tuneh CBC video episode
- Bloggers night at the San Francisco Symphony
- Conservatories–not best for undergrads?
- Bill Clinton starts blogging
- Edgar Meyer photo
- Interview with Susanne Dunlap
- On An Overgrown Path’s Bob Shingleton discusses blogging
- Getting a good sound – post from John Floeter
- New poll on the blog
- Matt Wengerd and Wired Magazine
- More train travel woes from Joe Lewis
- Charnett Moffett bass solo video
- Basses, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles part 2 – Trains
- Brandon Mitchell performs Gigue from Suite no. 1 by Bach
- Fabio Cinque photo
- New items on For Sale page
- New stories and articles starting this week
- Crisis in American newspaper arts coverage
- Read the bass blog in jive talk
- Bass spotlight from Bottesini Duo Concertante
- Tour bass photo
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VMC Master Class Tracks
- Beethoven 9
- Vanhal Concerto mvt 1
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- Bottesini Concerto mvt 1 (version 2)
- Bach Suite No. 3 Allemande
- Beethoven 5 mvt 3
- Eccles Sonata mvt 2
- Barriolage
- Verdi Rigoletto
- Mendelssohn 4 mvt 4
- Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
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