Thoughts on the “blogging lifestyle”

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...

iPad/iPhone app for developing string crossings

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...

Robert Ambrose conducts Tristan Murail

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...

Three-year-old conductor

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...