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Former Contrabass Conversations guest Justin Locke, formerly with the Boston Pops and author of “Real Men Don’t Rehearse: Adventures in the Secret World of Professional Orchestras” has a new blog. Go to justinlocke.typepad.com.

As a creator of freely distributed Creative Commons content (on Contrabass Conversations as well as doublebassblog.org), I see YouTube, podcasting, social media, and other such distribution platforms as a huge and largely untapped resource for classical musicians. Legal questions concerting rebroadcasting content through these channels tends to muck up the works, making very few [...]

I have been doing a surprising amount of blogging on the iPhone ever since the WordPress mobile application was released for the iPhone operating system. While it may seem kind of cumbersome to write extended blog posts on a mobile device–I only planned on doing some editing on the fly with it–this is a marvelous [...]

Summer has always been a slow time for me bass-wise. Though I’ve always done at least one summer festival since college, I usually find myself with quite a bit of time on my hands during the warmer months.
The lack of summer work used to cause me considerable stress, especially in my early years of freelancing, [...]

While blogging via a cell phone may seem like a painful experience, the iPhone is no ordinary cell phone, and with the release of the brand spanking new WordPress app especially for the iPhone, it’s easier than ever.
While I doubt that iPhone blogging (which I’m doing right now) will replace desktop blogging for longer posts, [...]

Jason chats about the blog network Inside The Arts and why he enjoys being a member.

 

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I’d like to let folks know about ArsAntiguaPresents.com, a new project launched by Jerry Fuller. This is a monthly podcast featuring performances of early music by members of the Ars Antigua ensemble. Each one of these productions is narrated by Peter Van De Graff and is around 15 minutes long. I am [...]

Matt Wengerd, one of my very first bass blogger contacts back in 2006, recently overhauled his blog, and it really looks great.  Matt’s blog is essential reading if you’re a bassist.  He’s got tons of great content for bassists of all specialties, but if you’re a jazzer then his blog will be of particular interest [...]

Folks have probably noticed the massive facelift that the blog has undergone over the past week.  That is actually only the tip or the iceberg as far as new functionality for www.doublebassblog.org.  Moving to WordPress is something that I should have done a long time ago, and my tinkering over the past few days has [...]

I have been remiss in mentioning how much I’ve enjoyed reading posts from conductors (and now bloggers) Bill Eddins and Ron Spigelman on their new blog Sticks and Drones. This blog duo packs a very entertaining punch, and I’ve been having fun checking out their various thoughts, observations, and rants.
Ron wrote a very funny post [...]