links for 2008-01-03

Great music making doesn’t need surtitles Via Pliable: “”I completely agree with you, but can’t say so publicly because I depend on work from the BBC” is a message I am receiving with increasing frequency. And the confidential messages...

Double Bass Padawan – new bass blog from Ben Huff

Chicago-area bassist Ben Huff has been a helpful contributor for both the bass blog and Contrabass Conversations over the past year.  He recently let me know that he had started a bass blog of his own.  I’ve been checking it out, and it is full of...

Newly revamped Inside The Arts site

 Inside The Arts, the cultural blogging exchange run by Adaptistration blogger Drew McManus, just got a really slick makeover to go along with the addition of Chicago Opera Theater General Director Brian Dickie to the Inside The Arts lineup. As you can see, there...

Twitter Updates for 2008-01-01

Posted ‘Happy New Year from Guy Tuneh and Contrabass Conversations!’ to blip.tv: http://blip.tv/file/571523 # Getting my gear together for tonight’s New Year’s gig. # Got home from a fun New Year’s celebration! # I’m taking control...

links for 2008-01-02

Sounds & Fury: A Sad If Sobering Bit Of Reading For The New Year Something happened in 2007, something ended. Old gods stumbled and fell. New ones sprang up. But they sprang up in their thousands. That’s the point these days. (tags: sounds fury classical music...