Here’s an exchange I was forwarded (on condition of anonymity) that, while being both aggravating and darkly amusing, reminds me how easily non-musician administrators forget that we performers are actually trying to make a living from this kind of work....
What does this painting mean?
Doublebassblog.org reader, International Society of Bassists member, and Newton, Iowa string teacher Cara Stone recently contacted me about cuts in her school district, which (as is all-too-frequently the case) disproportionately target the arts. Cara is one of only...
Former Contrabass Conversations guest Justin Locke’s sister has a case of old Oak rosin: I have a little case of Oak Bass Rosin (Hard) that’s a million years old, hardly used. Any value to this? Anyone interested? This is the classic rosin, though it quit...
Here’s a video from 1996 featuring Miloslav Gajdos performing at the Harold Washington Library as part of Chicago’s International Artists Exchange. Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist and Northestern Illinois University double bass professor Greg Sarchet (who...
