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Archive for August, 2009

United Breaks Guitars

Yazan: Jason | 06 August 2009 | No Comments
Categories: humor, videos

My good friend Aaron Burman sent me a link to this video featuring Sons of Maxwell singing a song about something that countless musicians (myself included) have gone through–bashed and broken musical instruments by careless baggage handlers: [From YouTube - United Breaks Guitars]

Profile: bass luthier Bob Stoltenberg

Yazan: Jason | 05 August 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass

At this summer’s International Society of Bassists Convention, I got a chance to chat with double bassist George Lagakos about bass luthier Bob Stoltenberg, who currently resides in Plano, Illinois. George showed me a very cool folk bow with a carved head for the tip that Bob made, which was very well-crafted and showed an [...]

ArsAntiguaPresents.com: August 2009 edition

Yazan: Jason | 05 August 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Early Bass, Uncategorized

ArsAntiguaPresents.com just released a new podcast episode. This is an excellent monthly podcast, so be sure to subscribe to it (iTunes link) if you’re an early music lover: About this month’s episode: This month’s episode (13 minutes and 2 seconds) features music from lutenist and composer John Dowland. Dowland wrote the Lachrimae Pavane, known in [...]

Audition tape tips with Alan Steiner coming soon

Yazan: Jason | 04 August 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass

During the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention, I got a chance to sit down and do an interview with double bassist Alan Steiner, a former student of Roger Scott at the Curtis Institute and an active bassist and teacher in the Chicago area. It’s funny that even though Alan and I live only a [...]

The Unsung Success of Live Classical Music

Yazan: Jason | 04 August 2009 | No Comments
Categories: music news

Contrabass Conversations co-host John Grillo pointed an article out to me last fall about the demise (or lack thereof) of live classical music, but my insane schedule at that time left me no time for digesting much of anything blog-related, so it wasn’t until I was cleaning out my bookmarks this summer that I ended [...]