Michael Hartery of BostonBassWorks.com let me know about an upcoming recital featuring Jeff Bradetich (former Contrabass Conversations guest). Details from Michael follow: Dear Musicians, I invited Jeff Bradetich to Boston this November. He will be giving a...
One of my all-time favorite audition stories came from a member of a major symphony when I asked him what the worst audition he’d ever heard was like: Apparently, this orchestra never pre-screens their candidates, making for a quite egalitarian yet massively...
Much hilarity ensues during a photo shoot for the 2010 International Society of Bassists Calendar:
No podcast this weekend (I need a break!), but I’d like to put the word out about an amazing series of chamber music videos that I published at WMYA.fm, one of the other projects that I help with. Last weekend, the Linden Quartet (2009 Gold Medal winner for the...
My friend and podcasting cohort John Grillo how highly ranked this humble little bass blog of mine is ranked in the overall classical music site rankings at invesp.com. Although I really couldn’t care less about rankings (easy to say when you’re highly...
