Bass Blog reader Jon recently let me know about this great resource from Rice University bass professor Paul Ellison on career opportunities in music. This resource is especially relevant considering some of the subjects that have been explored in the past on this...
Donovan Stokes, one of our guests back on Contrabass Conversations #13, wrote Titanium Jr. for double bassist Ken Fuller (seen playing in this video). The piece was premiered with orchestra earlier this year. Donovan is a great composer and bassist, and I think that...
Here’s a great photo of Guy Tuneh (this past week’s Contrabass Conversations guest) and Miloslav Gajdos performing together. I have some time to work on getting some of Miloslav’s videos out this week, so expect to see these coming very soon. Lyric...
I spent the majority of this week playing up around Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. While the concerts were fun and in a beautiful setting, these long drives are slowly killing me, and I see less and less of them in my future. I played the same festival last year right around...
Directing readers to examples of progressive thinking in the orchestra world is one of the goals I have for this blog, including examples of repertoire selection, hiring practices, ideas for audience building, distribution methods (iTunes, podcasting), or any other...
