This is the third installment in a multi-part series on private music teaching. Check out part 1 and part 2 as well, and stay tuned for more installments in the near future. Creating a Logical Curriculum Though each student is unique and requires solo, étude, and...
You’ve probably heard the musical verb ‘shed’ or ‘woodshed’. It’s an old school reference to locking yourself in a woodshed and practicing until you get the lick / piece / suite. Well, check out this link which gives a whole new...
Bassist, humorist, and corporate speaker Justin Locke’s book Real Men Don’t Rehearse was featured in the February 2009 edition of International Musician, the monthly publication for members of the American Federation of Musicians. It’s great to see...
February 2009 is Membership Drive Month for the International Society of Bassists, and with the upcoming convention at Penn State this June, there’s never been a better time than now to join up, either for the first time or to renew your membership if it’s...
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...
