Jason talks podcasting

Here’s a short video of me discussing in the clearest terms possible what podcasting is and why it is cool. Stay tuned to the end of the video for my cat Dan being bad on top of the computer–he does this thing where he swats at the calendar and causes...

Eschenbach and the Mystery of Conductor Chemistry

This is a post from National Symphony Orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner. Jeff also teaches bass at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore and co-authors the blog PeabodyDoubleBass. Click here for all of Jeff’s doublebassblog.org posts. ____________ Last week, my orchestra...

Joe Guastefeste master class at Northwestern University

I had a chance this past Saturday (March 1, 2008) to watch a master class hosted by Northwestern University double bass professor Peter Lloyd (fourth from right) featuring longtime Chicago Symphony Principal Bass Joe Guastafeste (pictured here in the center of the...

Five of my favorite podcasts

I’m a massive podcast junkie (not surprisingly, considering that I produce my own podcast), listening to shows covering a wide range of topics, usually for several hours each day. I think that this new method of content distribution is so cool, and it always...

Anthony Stoops on Contrabass Conversations this weekend

I’m really excited to get a chance to feature double bassist Anthony Stoops on  the Contrabass Conversations podcast this weekend.  Anthony is professor of double bass and chair of the strings department at the University on Oklahoma, and he also...