Archive for November, 2009

Doublebassscore – Koussevitzky Concerto Mvt 1

Yazan: Jason | 05 November 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos

More great content from the Doublebassscore YouTube channel: -Gary Karr, bassist Thanks to John Grillo for pointing this out to me!

Music was bass player Spellman’s passion – JSOnline

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

Frank Almond, the Concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony and one of my fellow Inside the Arts bloggers, sent me a link to this story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that exquisitely captures the way many bass players would like to be remembered at their wake: Music was bass player Spellman’s passion As a bass player [...]

The Evolution of Apple Ads | Webdesigner Depot

Yazan: Jason | 03 November 2009 | No Comments
Categories: technology

Mac nerds (I know you’re out there!), rejoice: Webdesigner Depot recently put out a wonderful retrospective of Apple ads over the ages. Think that Apple ads were always clean and simple? Just check out all the text-heavy ads from the 80s and early 90s. It wasn’t until the return of Steve Jobs in the mid-90s [...]

Moving to Hyde Park

Yazan: Jason | 02 November 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: travel

Three years ago, my (now) wife and I got engaged and almost immediately afterward both decided to dump freelance music in favor of other career paths. I opted for music education (a transition well-documented here on the blog) and, after a few years spent slogging my way through a handful of undergrad courses, now find [...]

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