Chicago-area double bassist Eric Hochberg (who has both been a guest on Contrabass Conversations and has written previously for the bass blog) recently put out a post detailing his thoughts on some of the more popular string brands being used today, and he has kindly...
One of the activities that happened during my student teaching last year was a composition assignment that I thought particularly cool (my cooperating teacher’s idea–not mine): collectively create a soundtrack for what may quite possibly be the most...
I got a chance to check out a recent recital (April 24, 2009, University of Chicago) featuring double bassist Edgar Meyer, one of my favorite artists on any instrument (not just the bass), and someone who has profoundly shaped my conception of what is possible on the...
I did a brief (6 minute) screencast recently about some of my favorite new tech toys: TweetDeck (my favorite way to interface with Twitter on the desktop), the ultra-slick Mac-only RSS reader called Times, and the new FriendFeed interface. Let me know if you are using...
The audio track (about 1 1/4 hours) from the Chicago Music Commission’s Musicians at Work forum in which I recently participated as a panelist was released a couple of weeks ago. Podcasters Jim Goodrich and Fred Wells, along with Gaper’s Block writer...
