I am a big fan of gig stories from classical musicians (you can read my own stories here). I had an e-mail sent to me a little while back letting me know about bassist Justin Locke and his book of classical music gig stories titled Real Men Don’t Rehearse....
There was a very cute cat post from Gizmodo recently. The author’s cat (shown below) Anya is really into this thing. Anya looks a lot like my cat Dan, and they seem to share the same curiosity about strange mechanical things.Here’s a video of Anya versus...
Pianist Josh Nemith wrote a recent post highlighting a study done by Northwestern University (my alma mater) on the positive effects of musical study on the auditory system and the brain stem’s ability to track and analyze certain sounds:A new study by...
I recently found a great clip of the fabulous jazz bassist Brian Bromberg playing a solo at the Tokyo Blue Note. Brian plays a magnificent old Italian bass, and he has created some staggeringly amazing recordings in the past.Brian has disabled YouTube embedding for...
I just added all of the tracks from the most recent Contrabass Conversations episode to Andy Anderson’s Recital Showcase. From this page you can listen to each individual track or download it. Andy’s tracks include:Koussevitzky Concerto mvt 1Koussevitzky...
