As I wrap up my spring break and head back to work, I marvel at how quickly I slipped into my old freelancer lifestyle, and how that particular lifestyle is really conducive to blogging. Now, while I actually much prefer my new lifestyle (I like getting up early and...
I got a chance to chat for a bit with Ohio State University bass professor Paul Robinson at the ASTA conference earlier this months, and he told me about an app that he had developed for the iPad and iPhone (universal app-works in a good format on both) that generates...
One of my bass students at DePaul is playing Tristan Murail’s “L’Esprit des Dunes” this quarter, and in a quest to give him some advice on tackling this gnarly (but very cool) bass part, I went searching on YouTube for a recording. It’s...
I’ve seen this before (you probably have too), but I always get a kick out of seeing what a good job this little guy is doing air conducting Beethoven. He’s better than a lot of adult conductor’s I’ve worked with! Not sure about his rehearsal...
Anyone out there have any string events in the state of Illinois that they’d like to have publicized? If so, email them to me at jason.heath@d128.org and I’ll get them up on the site.