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I am currently working on integrating a system called CrowdAbout into the Contrabass Conversations podcast. CrowdAbout (and several other services) allow producers (as well as listeners) to put virtual push-pins into podcast files, labeling where various events occur and providing links to more resources.
Listeners can leave comments at specific points in episodes. [...]

In a sublime example of everything that is wrong with the Recording Industry Association of America, Universal Music has demanded that a mother take down a 29-second video of her toddler dancing while Prince’s Let’s Go Crazy plays in the background. Apparently, the use of this song (playing on a radio in the [...]

Bass Blog reader Jon recently let me know about this great resource from Rice University bass professor Paul Ellison on career opportunities in music. This resource is especially relevant considering some of the subjects that have been explored in the past on this blog such as musical entrepreneurship and reinventing music performance degrees.
You will [...]

A new poll will be launched on the blog every week on Monday. I like polls–it’s interesting to see what readers think or to learn more about their background through such devices, and the results actually help a lot to guide the blog into the future.
This week’s poll surveys people’s educational background, so check [...]

I really must be a geek if I get this excited about a new search function on the blog, but it’s cool–really! Type a search term into the new box at the top of the blog, and see what happens. Cool, right? The results load up without the page having to reload, [...]

On An Overgrown Path is perhaps the best example of how classical music blogging is moving ahead of traditional journalistic outlets. Bob Shingleton has become one of the leading voices in the world of classical music journalism, and he is a prime example of how the blogging medium is actually more useful than newspapers, [...]

Bass blog reader Trevor Bortins sent me a link to this quite unusual collection of interesting musical instruments. I really enjoy this sort of thing–it is always interesting to discover new and unusual instruments. A brief sampling:

Autosax

Programmable Barrelorgan
Rotomoton
Tubi
Snar

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Charles Noble wrote a very interesting post on his Daily Observations blog recently concerning his thoughts on teaching, mentioning that he always compares the attitudes and levels of preparation, commitment, and overall dedication to his own attitudes as a young student:
I guess it’s not a totally fair judgment, but I always put the students that [...]

I’d like to let readers know that I have been asked to take a position on the Board of Directors for the International Society of Bassists. It is a great honor and privilege for me to be asked to serve in this capacity, and I naturally have accepted this offer. I look forward [...]

I recently did a talk on the benefits of blogging for a local organization here in metro Chicago. While putting together material for the talk, I stumbled upon this short piece that I had written a few months ago. It was still in the queue for the blog (most of my writing is [...]