By Doug Beney Recording the double bass — aka upright bass — takes more than throwing up the nearest mic in front of an f-hole. On its own, the bass isn’t overwhelmingly loud, particularly when compared with amped guitars and drum kits. In the early days...
This series is divided into five parts: Part 1 – Preface: My Strange Path Through the Music World Part 2 – Building My Freelance Career Part 3 – How Sinking My Freelance Career Helped Me (what you’re reading) Part 4 – Working in Education – What My Career Looked Like...
Before I moved out to San Francisco, I wrote a post titled Unemployment Never Sounded so Sweet. I did a follow-up post in August where I checked in to see how I was doing in terms of meeting these goals. I’m planning on doing this self-evaluation on a regular...
I recently wrote a guest post for Adaptistration about the growing world of classical music podcasts. This is a topic that I’ve been thinking about a lot these past few months. A year ago, there were maybe one or two classical music podcasts. Now there are...
I went through music school with one goal… Get… an… orchestra job! This was my Holy Grail. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The early part of my career is a good example of what happens with someone on that path doesn’t get an orchestra job. This...
