I’ve always thought that MS Paint (the drawing program included with Windows since the beginning of time) was a fairly lame program. This video certainly changes my mind. It is a video capture of somebody creating an extremely detailed car on MS Paint, and it is...
Violinist Holly Mulcahy sent me a link to this short and cute video of Monster, a cat with a vocal cord condition which makes him sound like a miniature opera singer every time he yawns. Check it out here.
I’d like to give readers a heads up regarding guests for the next few weeks of Contrabass Conversations. I think that people will be very interested both of the guests we have scheduled for the next couple of episodes.This weekend, you will be hearing an interview I...
This video is a little grainy and slightly out of sync, but it features great bass playing and allows for folks who are unfamiliar with the Hoffmeister Concerto No. 1 to give it a listen. Carmine Laino plays the double bass with Pierfrancesco Borrelli accompanying...
One can learn so much about good string technique from watching Jascha Heifetz perform, and this video offers a great chance to check out his bow technique. The power of YouTube to both entertain and educate is truly amazing, and I hope that small minded media giants...
