Justin Locke has gracefully made the move from the hardscrabble world of freelance music into his current occupation as corporate speaker and author, and he’s got enough tales from his time in this often wacky business to keep you entertained for days. We...
Today is the two-year anniversary of my recital on the Karr-Koussevitzy bass. I had a real whirlwind of a week when doing that recital, putting on a student recital the previous day and getting packed up to head off to a chamber music festival in Door County,...
I always enjoy seeing members of the online double bass community appear in print media. What we do here online has, I believe, just as much validity and potency (and has arguably surpassed print media in importance in recent years) as print media, and most of the...
Chuck Norris Facts One of my all-time favorite web sites! (tags: Chuck Norris facts humor) Jazz Bassist/Composers Bill Harrison writes a blog post about Ben Allison, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, and Dave Holland–four of the best jazz bassists of all time....
It finally happened. I had just wrapped up a great interview with Justin Locke a couple of weeks ago, and I went to click the ‘save’ button on HotRecorder, the program I use to record podcast interviews. Well, HotRecorder wasn’t so hot...
