Here is a short (but excellent) clip of double bassist Boguslaw Furtok playing the last movement of the Eccles Sonata. The camera zooms in on his right hand, giving viewers an opportunity to check out his bow grip. German players are most likely more aware of the...
I have been playing around with the web service mylot quite a bit recently, and I’ve kind of gotten hooked. There is nothing completely original about this service, but it combines a message board, photo sharing, and social networking site together into a really...
I always knew that my cats stole my baton and conducted imaginary symphonies when I left hom, but I didn’t catch them until just now.
I’d like to thank Yohei Arai for linking to me recently, and I’d urge Japanese bassists to check out his blog. There isn’t much English on the blog, but there are a lot of photos and music links. Yohei is actually posting the feed from my last few...
There is also a audio version of this story! Check it out here or click the audio player at the top of this post! Driving the Conductor Crazy This is a story about an unfortunate concert experience that one of the former members of The Louisville Orchestra told me a...
