For the second part of the Double Bass Blog series Thoughts from the Trenches – Double Bass Private Studio Teaching, I would like to offer some thoughts on recruiting & building a studio. This is often a topic that never comes up in traditional music programs and...
Double bassist and frequent Contrabass Conversations collaborator John Grillo sent me a link to this interesting article in a recent issue of Newsweek discussing the increasing sales of classical music downloadable content: ….classical retailers have been the...
My longtime friend and fellow blogger Mike Colwill just had a post on Japanese vending machines released on Dark Roasted Blend, one of my absolute most favorite blogs in the world. DRB is insanely addictive, so look out before heading over...
Bill Harrison (PlayJazzNow.com, Jazz Underneath) just released a new set of play along tracks for jazz standards. Visit his site to check them out, and remember that you can always get some free sample bass tracks here on the blog through this link. Bill has also been...
We’ve had some excellent comments from readers to Bill Harrison’s ‘Making a Living’ blog post last week. I have yet to craft my own response to Bill’s question, but I’m working on it. Here are a few comments from this post in...
