Australian double bassist Steve Abrahall wrote to me recently about a piece he wrote several years ago about how young musicians might want to approach the concept of practicing. Practicing is, of course, an essential part of each musician’s life, but the nuts...
My wife seems to have a knack for saving hurt birds. She just took one down to the Nature Museum in Lincoln Park last week (they take care of injured birds there), and earlier this evening we happened upon a baby bird that had fallen out of his nest while we were...
Update: I’ve taught music to teens for years in many contexts, and I firmly believe that a huge percentage of them do really enjoy and seek out classical music… just not in the way you might expect. Learn more about this and many other such topics on my...
Former Contrabass Conversations guest Justin Locke is the author of a very funny book titled Real Men Don’t Rehearse. Justin has created several tongue-in-cheek YouTube video commercials for this book, and I get a kick out of this one:
I bassist just beginning her journey as a double bass teacher wrote to me recently inquiring about what I consider to be a good approach toward starting beginners. Here’s my response: t’s great that you’re starting to do some teaching! The best...
