Here’s a hilarious bass player-related story from All About Jazz: The documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has a story he clearly loves to tell. He was walking in New York City a few years ago — on a date — when he heard a man he’d just passed yell...
I’ve had a heck of a time sitting down and just writing here on the blog these past couple of years. That’s not to say that I have quit writing–far from it. Nor have I quit blogging. In fact, I’ve typically put out a minimum of one item a day...
Former Contrabass Conversations guest Justin Locke is a man in constant motion, creating a staggering amount of new content every month. Here’s a comedy skit that he did recently for a live show out of Utah. From Justin: crotchets and breves: a musical soap...
Michael Hartery of BostonBassWorks.com let me know about an upcoming recital featuring Jeff Bradetich (former Contrabass Conversations guest). Details from Michael follow: Dear Musicians, I invited Jeff Bradetich to Boston this November. He will be giving a...
One of my all-time favorite audition stories came from a member of a major symphony when I asked him what the worst audition he’d ever heard was like: Apparently, this orchestra never pre-screens their candidates, making for a quite egalitarian yet massively...
