Author: Jason | 23 July 2007 | No comments
Categories: bass, blogging
I spent the majority of this week playing up around Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. While the concerts were fun and in a beautiful setting, these long drives are slowly killing me, and I see less and less of them in my future. I played the same festival last year right around the time that I started [...]
Author: Jason | 16 July 2007 | No comments
Categories: blogging
I spent this entire week in Wisconsin, first driving to Madison to play in the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, then heading up to Milwaukee to play a yearly concert called Gathering On the Green about 20 miles north of Milwaukee. This kind of driving reminds me of what it was like playing in the Milwaukee Ballet [...]
Author: Jason | 09 July 2007 | No comments
Categories: bass, blogging
Here’s a quick wrap-up of this week’s bass scene news, blog posts, and other activity: I released the first part of my new series called ‘This Crazy Business’. This first installment lays the groundwork for what follows in future installments. I wanted to make sure that I had established my position on the general eccentricity [...]
Author: Jason | 02 July 2007 | 1 comment
Categories: bass, blogging
This is my first real week of vacation in over six months, and it is a humongous relief to finally have come time to kick back and relax. As a result of all this discretionary time, I have made some big behind-the-scenes changes to the blog and the podcast–the sort of thing that has only [...]
Author: Jason | 25 June 2007 | No comments
Categories: blogging
I am wrapping up my portion of the Midsummer’s Music Festival in Door County, Wisconsin this week with some fabulous performances. This is my third summer with this ensemble, and it is a great way to decompress after getting up at 4 a.m. and working until 11 p.m. for the past six months. Combining blogging, [...]