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The Lyric Opera of Chicago musicians have just reached a new three year agreement. According to the most recent issue of the Intermezzo from the Chicago Federation of Musicians, the agreement will provide significant wage, benefit, and working condition improvements during the length of this contract. This is great news for [...]

My schedule for this past week:
Sunday, October 8, 2006
10 a.m. lesson in Evanston1:00 p.m. lesson in Evanston2:00-3:00 p.m. drive from Evanston to Elgin3:30 p.m. Elgin Symphony Concert5:30-7:30 p.m. drive to Whitewater, Wisconsin7:30-11:30 p.m. teach at UW-Whitewater11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. drive home to Chicago
Monday, October 9, 2006
10 a.m. lesson in Evanston11 a.m. lesson in Evanston11:30 a.m.-12:45 [...]

It’s a busy day here in Chicago, and this is all I’ve got for you today. It’s pretty cute, however, so check it out if you feel like some Japanese cat standing fun. More bass/music/tech news soon…

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I’ve blogged about this video before, but it is worth another viewing even if you’ve already seen it. This is a CBC video from the late 1980s/early 1990s about this new thing called “Internet”, and it is fascinating to view it 15 years later:

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The term “social bookmarking” may not be familiar to everybody, but it has emerged as one of the most useful tools of the Web 2.0 movement. The service del.icio.us (now owned by Yahoo!) is the oldest and best example of the power of social bookmarking. Del.icio.us allows users to save their bookmarks online, [...]

Polyphonic.org has a very informative set of video interviews with Milwaukee Symphony principal viola and Milwaukee Musicians Association president Robert Levine. Greg Sandow interviews Robert on a series of issues facing modern orchestras, including changing dynamics between players and management in negotiations, perception of an orchestra as either a commercial enterprise or a [...]

 

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Maurizio Ortolani e-mailed me today about a recent podcast from the NAC podcasts. The fabulous double bassist Joel Quarrington was interviewed this week on the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada. This is a great podcast interview that is an essential listen for any classical musician. I just found out about this [...]

The Elgin Symphony (of which I am a member) is opening their season this week at the Hemmens Theatre in downtown Elgin. This is my seventh season as a member of the Elgin Symphony, and it has really been amazing to watch this ensemble grow over the years, both in terms of quality of [...]

All double bass players need a decent gig bag. Unlike the other members of the stringed instrument family, double bass players carry instruments in soft cases about 90% of the time. Having a durable, well-padded soft case is essential for any bass player.
As far as bass bags go, I definitely think that the [...]

This is a kind of scary and sad video from YouTube (more actual music posts are coming tomorrow–I promise!). Burger the cat isn’t exactly making the best impression in this video:

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