ClassicalMusicNews.tv blogger John Grillo has just put out a very interesting post about the discovery a few years ago that a Bb 52 octaves lower than the piano was emanating from the Perseus cluster of galaxies. John writes: Throughout history, music and astronomy...
Chicago Sinfonietta and Lake Forest Symphony bassist Alan Steiner sent me the following from a colleague who moved to Ohio a few years ago. It’s a combination of ‘The Shining’ and my own actual memories of growing up in South Dakota. ...
This great performance of Bottesini’s ‘Passione Amorosa’ with bassists Minjea-Soung and Mikyung-Soung is only marred by the cell phone capture quality of the performance. There’s some lag, and it looks like the ‘camerman’ was...
Double Bass, originally uploaded by alistercoyne.
Just got back from my final Messiah for the season. Great performance at the Harris Theater in downtown Chicago! # Figured out a rock-solid new method for phone interviews. No more latency and lost interviews! # Blogging like a fool. # Playing some late night Wii. #...