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After putting out what may possibly be the worst (or best, depending on your perspective) classical music album cover of all time on a recent post, blog reader Chris pointed me to this fabulous list of top ten worst albums.  I’ll be blogging these from time to time, but be sure to check out [...]

…in the morning, at least!  I spent all of 2007 waking up between four and five a.m., putting the coffee on the stove, cracking my knuckles, and churning out 3-5 blog posts per day.  This schedule, quite frankly, was necessitated by both all of my other activities that year (this was the only free [...]

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Jason talks about some recent guests and upcoming guests for the Contrabass Conversations podcast. BTW, do you see a hair ad when you watch this video? I’m getting one right now (I’ve got my advertising turned on through blip.tv, which throws a little change my way with each video view), and [...]

The latest issue of Bass Musician Magazine is now live!  I’ve contributed a  podcast feature to this bi-monthly publication since its inception in 2007, and this month I featured our previous conversation with jazz bass legend Steve Rodby.  This interview was conducted by Contrabass Conversations guest host Kells Nollenberger as part of his new podcast [...]

Here’s a video of a very young Taiwanese bassist playing her heart out on the Dragonetti Concerto mvt 3.  Very impressive for a 13-year-old, and a very cute video to boot!  There’s a bit of an introduction before the performance, so give it about 30 seconds or so.

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We’re chatting with Michigan State University and Interlochen Arts Academy double bass instructor Jack Budrow this week on Contrabass Conversations. In addition to helping place students in major orchestras across the globe, Jack has had a very distinguished performance career as a former member of the Houston Symphony, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, and as [...]

OK–now this is one for the history books. I’d love to have been a fly on the wall for the brainstorming session that produced this!
“Let’s see… Holst’s Planets… we need phasers, headdresses, underwear on the outside…”

We hope you all enjoyed our first episode of the all-music show Eclectic Bass, our latest offering from the Contrabass Conversations podcast network. If you missed it, you can find the first episode here, and stay tuned for more episodes from this series in the very near future.
Along with Exploring Chamber Music, our series [...]

I always try to inject a little levity on Fridays here on the blog. This video (which I originally discovered on a post from To The Point) is freakin’ amazing, with literally everything but the kitchen sink.
Finnish rock band The Leningrad Cowboys is joined by the Red Army Choir in this Soviet Era performance [...]

Dan, the big orange cat you see in this photo, often comes up to me with some mysterious scratches on his little pink nose. Care to guess how he got them?