During the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention, I got a chance to sit down and do an interview with double bassist Alan Steiner, a former student of Roger Scott at the Curtis Institute and an active bassist and teacher in the Chicago area. It’s...
Contrabass Conversations co-host John Grillo pointed an article out to me last fall about the demise (or lack thereof) of live classical music, but my insane schedule at that time left me no time for digesting much of anything blog-related, so it wasn’t until I...
I’ve been at this blog business for several years now, and I’ve experienced a tremendous gamut of emotions, styles of blogging, and levels of engagement with the blogosphere. I’ve gotten really techie and ‘inside baseball’, doing tons of...
Double bass luthier Martin Sheridan has moved back to the United States after spending some time enjoying the good life down in Mexico. Martin has been an active luthier in metro Chicago and Iowa for many years, and I have had many students purchase instruments from...
Several people at the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention remarked to me that their all-time favorite video on the blog was the “Duets” video featuring a bassist wearing, off all things, a Santa hat (!), and demonstrating quite an innovative...
