Though it certainly had its drawbacks (did you know that if you Google “disturbing adjunct teaching,” this post of mine comes up? Ha!), I did enjoy having an institutional affiliation for my bass teaching for the five years I taught my university studio...
One of the many hats I wear these days is as podcast coordinator for the wonderful Midwest Young Artists youth music organization here in the north suburbs of Chicago. Their podcast can be found at WMYA.FM. The following episode featuring DePaul University viola...
As I was taking care of some video upload tasks using blip.tv, the awesome service that I’ve used for the last few years as my one-stop for my online video projects, I stumbled upon this interview with Leonard Cohen, one of my favorite songwriters, done by Q TV...
I don’t know what got into me. I was ordering a new bath (a big batch!) of business cards for the fast approaching International Society of Bassists convention. I decided to actually make some decent-looking cards this time, instead of the cheap-o card stock I...
Double bassist and Contrabass Conversations co-host John Grillo recently recorded in the first of a new series of audio programs about the past, present, and future of the professional symphony orchestra. In this first episode, John interviews me about my book Road...
