For more on my thoughts about music schools (and what it really means to pursue a career in music these days), check out my book Road Warrior Without an Expense Account. ___________ Applying to music school? Think about the following points during the application...
(One of a series; other parts available here or at PBDB) Most of the issues that music students face when applying to graduate school are the same ones that undergraduate students face – researching teachers, figuring out what you want from the programs,...
Who could fail to be charmed by this performance of Tom Johnson’s ‘Failing’ by Gary Karr? What a blast! After checking out this video, check out my own performance of Failing or our Contrabass Conversations specials featuring Gary Karr.
My double bass colleague Benjy (who has contributed many posts to this blog in the past) sent me a link to the following video of Renaud Garcia-Fons performing at the the 3rd Warsaw Bass Festival during the summer of 2008. Check it out:...
My sites get a lot of traffic from folks who don’t spend every waking moment of their life perusing the Internet, and every once in a wile I like to do a little summary of how this blog works and some similarities and differences between it and a newspaper,...