2000 posts reached at DoubleBassBlog.org!

We passed the 2000 post milestone over the weekend on www.doublebassblog.org. It seems like it was only a few months ago that we hit 1000 posts…oh wait, it was just as few months ago (in May 2007)! That’s what happens when you put out 3-5 daily posts, I...

Wintry Mess hits Chicago

We’ve gotten slammed here in Chicago with the first really big snowfall of the season.  This kind of thing used to strike terror into my very core as I envisioned the slipping and sliding that I would be doing on rural Wisconsin back roads, commuting...

Real Men Don’t Rehearse – my chat with Justin Locke

One can’t help but have their interest piqued by the title of Justin Locke’s expose about the inner workings of the music business.  Real Men Don’t Rehearse is the exact sort of book I love to read–witty, lighthearted, yet insightful and full...

Story Time with Contrabass Conversations launching this week

Ever since I got into podcasting, I have been itching to do what I’m launching this week.  My original idea for starting a podcast was something like a combination of Digital Flotsam (if you haven’t heard this show, stop what you’re doing and check...