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Archive for May, 2009

I’ve got a thing for spring

Yazan: Jason | 14 May 2009 | No Comments
Categories: travel

The month of May has to be, hands down, one of my favorite times of the year. Every day, as I go on my run along the shore of Lake Michigan, I see boats returning to the harbor after a long absence during the brutal months of Chicago’s winter; tulips are in full bloom everywhere [...]

Edgar Meyer, Ray Brown, and Victor Wooten

Yazan: Jason | 13 May 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, bass videos

After posting my lengthy post about Edgar Meyer’s playing last week, I though it would be good to put out a little video of this great player out on the blog. There’s precious little on YouTube, and what is there is usually from a shaky cell phone, but I’ve always been a fan of this [...]

Success in the Private Lesson Studio Part 5: Different Styles for Different Students

Yazan: Jason | 12 May 2009 | No Comments
Categories: advice, education, Uncategorized

I’ve taught a wide array of students during the past 10 years as a private bass teacher. Some of them made me tear my hair out, some of them remain good friends and close contacts to this day, but all of them taught me something important, both about me as a teacher and about the [...]

Locking my keys in the car right before a gig

Yazan: Jason | 11 May 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, crazy gig stories

I was chatting with a student recently when the topic of locking keys in cars before gigs came up–I can’t recall what on Earth we were talking about that led us to this topic, but I told him a story about the times (yes, I’ve done this more than once!) that I’ve locked my keys [...]

CBC 117: Mark Morton interview 2

Yazan: Jason | 09 May 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Contrabass Conversations, podcasting

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We’re concluding the interview that we began on CBC 114 with double bassist Mark Morton, who is currently professor of bass at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX and has also served as Principal Bass of the Columbus Symphony. Mark was the first prize winner at the International Society of Bassists Solo Competition, and he [...]