Beethoven’s black violinist – post from AfriClassical

William J. Zick wrote an interesting post on his AfriClassical blog earlier this week, stating: The rumor that Beethoven is Black just won’t go away, in spite of the lack of any real evidence. What most people are unaware of is Beethoven’s real...

Notes on Hans Sturm Rabbath technique video

Yesterday we released the first part of our video about the Rabbath left hand position system, and we’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback already.  We’ve got a couple more parts to this video coming out later on this this week, so stay tuned for more...

Hans Sturm and Jason Heath talk Rabbath technique – video

International Society of Bassists President and Ball State University Bass Professor Hans Sturm and I got together over the weekend and filmed a chat about the Rabbath left hand position technique.  Hans does a great job explaining the concepts behind this...

Music blog happenings from around the globe

Here are a few short bits from some of my favorite music blogs. You can always visit my link blog to see all the stories (both music and non-music related) that I’ve been checking out: Blogs – the new wisdom of crowds? – On An Overgrown Path blogger...

Fun With Filo! – internet cooking show from bassist Paul Dallas

In addition to performing for many local and national musical theater productions, Chicago-area bassist Paul Dallas hosts an online cooking show specializing in Greek dishes.  Titled Fun With Filo, this show gives Chef Paul a chance to show how to cook a huge...