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Nobody cares about Joshua Bell
I have had several people send me a link to the Washington Post story earlier this week about Joshua Bell busking at L’Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.C.
For those who haven’t heard the story, the Washington Post’s Gene Weingarten (usually thought of as a humor writer) arranged a social science experiment of sorts with Josh [...]
Bill Harris and the TAFTO initiative – crunching orchestra audience numbers in stunning detail
Drew McManus is in the midst of running a series of essays on his blog Adaptistration for the Take a Friend to Orchestra initiative. He is putting up a new essay each day for the month of April, and I urge readers to check these out. Drew has been running these essays [...]
Sound and Motion in Double Bass Playing
This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one of the nation’s most exclusive programs. I think readers will find this different perspective on the double bass world and the music [...]
Academic Loads - balancing solid musicianship and solid bass playing
This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one of the nation’s most exclusive programs. I think readers will find this different perspective on the double bass world and the music [...]
Mock Auditions - Bass Blog Post from Nicolas Hart
This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one of the nation’s most exclusive programs. I think readers will find this different perspective on the double bass world and the music [...]
Contemporary Conservatory Life - Bass Blog post from Nicholas Hart
This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one of the nation’s most exclusive programs. I think readers will find this different perspective on the double bass world and the music [...]
Big Bottom Double Bass Blog
I’d like to mention that I have just started contributing to BIG BOTTOM, a really excellent website for both electric and double bassists. BIG BOTTOM is managed by Dale Cruse, and it is full of varied and interesting posts by several contributors. I will be writing some original posts for the site, and [...]
