Double bassist Richard Fredrickson recently sent me a link to his performance of the very cool ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’ by Jon Deak. I’m a big Jon Deak fan, having performed the B.B. Wolf at least 2-3 times a year since high school. Very cool!...
Double bassist Ben Huff sent me a link to this short but magnificent video featuring Edgar Meyer playing the Prelude from the Suite No. 2 for Violoncello by J.S. Bach and talking about it: A New Documentary on Johann Sebastian Bach – http://www.mlfilms.com/...
As the beginning of my fourth year of blogging commences, I find myself reflecting back on all those emails, comments, and asides from countless people asking me: “How do you find the time to blog? It sounds like you’re running in 10 different directions...
Michael Hovnanian wrote an extremely funny story on his blog recently. Titled “High Fidelity”, it recounts a funny incident he had several year ago with a stereo salesman and another member of the Chicago Symphony: When I first joined the orchestra the...
Folks out there may already be familiar with Animusic videos–they’ve been around for many years. To me, however, they are a great example of how creative people can be when envisioning music, and they are excellent videos to show young students and get...
