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Archive for April, 2009

Merlin Mann on creativity

Yazan: Jason | 16 April 2009 | No Comments
Categories: technology, videos

Merlin Mann is one of my favorite tech personalities–he’s incredibly funny and exactly what I think of when I envision a creative individual. Here’s his chat (around 27 minutes) from the 2009 Macworld Pulse event on creative processes:

Classic post – Jeff Bradetich, soloist and teacher extraordinaire

Yazan: Jason | 15 April 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, podcasting

Here’s another popular interview from the Contrabass Conversations archives: Interview: Jeff Bradetich Proclaimed by the New York Times as “the master of his instrument,” Jeff Bradetich is regarded as one of the leading performers and teachers of the double bass in the US today. Since his New York debut in Carnegie Recital Hall in 1982 [...]

Memorable quotes in double bass history

Yazan: Jason | 14 April 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, bass humor

“…when their derision became too much to bear, I dispatched one of them with my bow and boggled the others with my technical proficiency.” -Giovanni Bottesini, Parma, 1877 Courtesy of the International Bottesini Society, keeper of the flame for the great mustachioed one. (…and if you believe that one, I’ve got a bridge for sale [...]

Bass pic of the day – bass case blues

Yazan: Jason | 14 April 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, photography

I really think that someone should paint this on their flight trunk. That would turn heads!

Classic Post: Kate Nettleman interview

Yazan: Jason | 13 April 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: bass, podcasting

Here’s another popular interview from the Contrabass Conversations archives: Interview: Kate Nettleman – section bass, Minnesota Orchestra Double bassist Kate Nettleman, currently principal bass of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, will be moving into her new position as section bassist with the Minnesota Orchestra. Kate is a good friend and a wonderful colleague, and I’m so [...]