There have been some updates to the ‘For Sale’ page on the blog here, including a very reasonably priced set of Pirastro Permanent strings. Check it out, and if you’ve got any gear to list, just drop me an e-mail (jsh177@yahoo.com).
My long-time friend Matt Heller just won a job in the Calgary Philharmonic. I think that this is fabulous news. It really couldn’t have happened to a nicer or more deserving guy. Matt has been very focused on obtaining an orchestral position for years, and it is...
I’d like to thank Jalopnik for linking to my exploding car story from today. They sent a huge influx of traffic over here a few months ago when I published the first part of my surreal tale, and the same thing has been happening today.My traffic has been rising...
In early 2004 my new Saturn abruptly caught fire as I was driving home from an orchestra rehearsal. I pulled the flaming carriage over, got my instrument out, and ran away just before it exploded. You can check out that part of the story here. This was, to put it...
I’ve been getting reports of mixed results with the little player buttons I have been using for the Virtual Master Class tracks and the Contrabass Conversations episodes. I am going to go ahead and make sure that there is a direct link that you can click for...
