Now here’s an event that I would love to attend! The Hawaii Contrabass Festival is an event sponsored by the Hawaii American String Teachers Association (HASTA with NSOA), and it will run from March 24-30, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Faculty members include:...
Vito Liuzzi, the Italian bassist who runs xbass.org, recently wrote in to let me know about a new DVD from the fabulous ensemble The Bass Gang. We’ve blogged about this group in the past here, and I’m looking forward to checking out this DVD in the...
I’d like to thank my student Daniel Chmielinski for putting together a great new background for my YouTube page. You can check it out here. In addition to being a fine bass player in both the jazz and classical spheres, Daniel is a talented photographer, graphic...
Playing Lego Star Wars and Half-Life 2 with Courtney. # Watching ‘Scrubs’ with Courtney. # Watching Hulu with Courtney. # Writing some blog posts for the rest of the week. # Doing some blogging between lessons today. # It’s ridiculously cold out! Why...
Great music making doesn’t need surtitles Via Pliable: “”I completely agree with you, but can’t say so publicly because I depend on work from the BBC” is a message I am receiving with increasing frequency. And the confidential messages...
