Archive for January 2008
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Want to be added to the DBB.org blogroll?
Would you like to be added to the DoubleBassBlog.org blogroll? It’s easy! Just e-mail us your blog URL, fill out the information on our comment form, or, best of all, put up a link to doublebassblog.org on your own site. Whenever anyone links to this blog (and we really appreciate it [...]
People seem to love the photo sidebars
It’s always fascinating to me discovering what seems to grab people’s attention. Not that I’m all about grabbing people’s attention, but still…
The photo sidebar additions that I’ve made to DoubleBassBlog.org (and the Contrabass Conversations site) have generated a huge number of clicks, and it looks like adding them has actually made our podcast subscription [...]
Did You Know 2.0
Lyric Opera of Chicago and Northeastern Illinois bass teacher Greg Sarchet sent me a link to this video recently. I remember seeing an earlier incarnation of this a while ago, and this is an updated version with new statistics. I really like this video–it makes you think, and it’s the sort of thing that I [...]
Guy Tuneh performs Mendelssohn Sextet mvt 4
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The outstanding double bassist Guy Tuneh (www.guytuneh.com) performs an excerpt of the fourth movement from Mendelssohn’s Sextet in D Major with Villa Musica. Listen to Guy Tuneh in interview on his Contrabass Conversations page, and check out more videos from him here.
Twitter Updates for 2008-01-17
Home from teaching. Doing a little blogging and hanging with the cats. #
Watching in awe as Courtney disassembles her laptop. #
Playing a little Bioshock after a solid blogging session. #
Watching ‘Waitress’, which is a really excellent movie. #
Up disturbingly early to go into the city. #
Taking a quick break between morning activities. #
Taking a [...]
links for 2008-01-18
Library of Congress Blog » My Friend Flickr: A Match Made in Photo Heaven (Library of Congress)
Library of Congress now offering non-copyrighted pictures through….Flickr! Cool!
(tags: access archive archives blogging blogs books digital flickr folksonomy free history library photo photography Photos public school social tag tagging tags Web Web2.0)
Butts In The Seats: Arts Leaders Ain’t [...]
Contrabass Conversations & Double Bass Blog Series – Perspectives on Early Bass Performance – Early Music Interview Series Part VII – Jerry Fuller
Jerry Fuller directs the Chicago-area period instrument ensemble Ars Antigua in Chicago’s Quigley Chapel. Photos by Robert Osterlund
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The following is a guest post from Double Bass Blog contributor Phillip W. Serna. Check out Phillip’s recitals and interviews on his Contrabass Conversations page, and visit him online at http://www.phillipwserna.com/. Enjoy!
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Contrabass Conversations and the Double Bass Blog [...]
Double Bass Private Teacher Directory
There is certainly no shortage of private music teacher directories. Companies such as www.privatelessons.com and www.clickforlessons.com will (for a fee) allow you to create a directory listing, which can be a very useful promotional tool. Still, in the spirit of offering a free suite of services for the double bass performer, student, and educator, we’d [...]
Just wrapped up a great interview with Lynn Seaton
I just finished up an interview with University of North Texas jazz bass professor Lynn Seaton today. Lynn has been a commanding presence on the jazz scene for several decades, performing with a wide variety of jazz luminaries, and he currently teaches at one of the nations’s top musical institutions. Lynn also serves on [...]
Orchestra Segmentation Survey with John Grillo
Double bassist and blogger John Grillo recently weighed in on his blog classicalmusicnews.tv about a study (commissioned by the Knight Foundation) published several years ago analyzing how Americans relate to their local orchestras and classical music in general. John writes:
The statistic that had an indelible imprint on my mind when I first was aware of [...]
