In “Internet years” I’ve been blogging for quite some time now, though it’s only been for a fraction of my actual life. This blog has had a substantial readership for the past several years, and the number of visitors continues to increase with...
Double bassist Barry Green has had one of the most varied and interesting careers imaginable over the past few decades. After being appointed as Principal Bass of the Cincinnati Symphony at a young age (a position he held for 28 years), Barry moved to Northern...
My double bass comrade Ausberto Acavedo sent me a link to this series from the University of California San Diego featuring double bassist Bertram Turetsky in recital. Check it out below: Contrabassist Bertram Turetzky, presents an evening of delightful...
I stumbled across this excellent post from Sounds & Fury recently from a study covering what typically happens to students who graduate in the bottom 40% of their classes once they get to college: Among high-school students who graduated in the bottom 40 percent...
My good friend Josh Nemith just put out a two-part series about freelancing in the economic downturn that we’re entering. It’s a great piece of writing and full of advice for folks in all sorts of various self-employed niches in the music industry. Check...
