New Website for Illinois ASTA

This is a quick note to anyone involved with the Illinois chapter of the American String Teachers Association (there are quite a few members who read this blog).  The IL-ASTA website has changed domain names.  The new web site can be found through the following link:...

MuTools.com

While searching for free alternatives to GarageBand that had a little more of a sequencer focus, I found the following app.  Anyone use this?  The page I’m linking to below has a lot of demo songs–some quite cheesy, but some very cool.  Check it out if...

Contrabass Sheet Music

Here’s a cool new site from Boston University grad Henry Samuels (a former Ed Barker student) dedicated to transcriptions for the double bass. Cool stuff! Contrabass Sheet Music.

Ed Barker text interview from Ovation Press

I’ve been learning about the very cool Ovation Press recently, and I’ve got a lot of positive things to say about this outfit–wonderful editions of core repertoire from the best double bass performers and pedagogues in the business. Editors include...