This isn’t a big deal to anyone but me, but my URL doublebassblog.com finally got released from the screwed up morass I described earlier, so that will get you to my blog as well. I won’t be moving back to that URL anytime soon, but if you type it into...
I got some great feedback from Minneapolis/St. Paul electric and double bassist Brian Roessler regarding my podcast Contrabass Conversations. Thanks, Brian! He has a great website with several videos of him playing various pieces, including some Rabbath music. Check...
Here is a great video of Edgar Meyer starting a tune with the group Strength in Numbers. Edgar usually plays pizzicato in the clips I have found before, but this tune features him playing an arco solo line to start it all. Note the fluid shifting technique and...
People have been leaving some great leads on open source music notation software. Looking for an open source version of Finale or Sibelius is not as bleak as I thought. I have not had a chance to check out these leads yet, but check out the comments of my recent open...
I just followed a link from oboeinsight to discover this surreal story:A Vallejo man was severely burned after an apparent cell phone malfunction ignited his pants pocket and touched off a fire in his hotel room. Luis Picaso, 59, suffered second- and third-degree...
