Ah, the joys of Photoshop! This picture was sent to me by bassist Vito Liuzzi. You can also check out video of Vito playing Nino Rota and Bottesini here.
Double bassist and classicalmusicnews.tv blogger John Grillo and I just wrapped up an opera excerpt breakdown for the Contrabass Conversations show. This is an extension of the orchestra excerpt breakdown that we began on episode 41 of the program. On this episode, we...
Double bassist Jon Henderson sent me this photo of Danny Glover promoting his newest movie at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Check out the double bass podium design! It’s got gamba-shaped corners and everything.
Home from Lyric. Had a ridiculously bad drive–1 1/2 hours to go 12 miles! # Heading out on a very chilly morning to catch the train downtown. # Just finished teaching a class of the most adorable 2nd graders you’ve ever seen in your life. # About to record...
A Week in the Life is a brief series chronicling a quirky but nevertheless quite typical week in the life of a mid-tier freelance musician. Though the sort of wacky events I’ve described thus far undoubtedly happen in orchestras of all flavors, from the...
