Great comment on ‘You Can’t Teach and Perform…’

This excellent comment came in a couple of days ago on our post (anonymous commenter) from September about balancing music performance and music education.  Since things move quickly here (lots of new posts and comments every day), I like to highlight these types...

Arts Addict just around the corner

I’m hard at work getting my new blog Arts Addict (a new blog project affiliated with Adaptistration’s Drew McManus), and I am really excited about this new thing.  This blog is looking awesome, and I can’t wait to launch it!  It comes out...

DaXun and Yang Wei perform Galloping Horses

Here’s a clip of the outstanding DaXun Zhang performing a song called Galloping Horses with Yang Wei.  You can learn more about DaXun Zhang at www.daxunzhang.com, or listen to him perform on Contrabass Conversations #20. Related Posts: DaXun performs The...

Part 2 of Rufus Reid video from JazzDoubleBass.com

Here’s the second part of the magnificent new video series with Rufus Reid and Tom Hill. This new site from Tyrone Bishop is a really great new destination for jazz double bassists, with forums, videos, and much more to come. Check out our Contrabass...

Practice session lengths – more thoughts from Matt Heller

Calgary Philharmonic bassist Matt Heller just put out a great follow-up post on the topic of practice sessions and overpracticing.  Comparing practicing music to grilling steaks, Matt writes: The music needs to be prepared just well enough – medium rare,...