Realities of full-time freelancing

Click to Play Listen to a very tired Jason prattle on about the pros and cons of the freelance lifestyle in this video. Though I’m trying to keep the tone light, you can tell that the last few days have been nothing but driving, playing, driving,...

You’ll never play in this orchestra again!

A colleague of mine passed along this entertaining (and true!) tale from a concert in a local per-service gig orchestra.  I know a lot of musicians who perform in this orchestra (which I’ll refrain from naming here), which makes it even funnier to me....

The Freeway Philharmonic

A reader recently passed along the following link about the Freeway Philharmonic, a new movie based on the lives of San Francisco Bay Area musicians, and I am amazed that I haven’t seen this before. This movie completely ties into the various phenomena that I...

The best way to listen to Contrabass Conversations

Doesn’t the expression on my face (below) make you curious what this video’s all about?  Check it out–notice how I put my hand up to shield my face as a car pulls into the spot next to me in the parking lot.  I guess that I didn’t want to look...

More Choice Quotes from Jerky Bass Teachers

After finishing a performance in a master class, the student looks up, wide-eyed and expectant, at the teacher, expecting some sage advice or pearls of wisdom. The teacher opens his mouth and says: "You have two problems……your left hand and your right...