In early 2004 my new Saturn abruptly caught fire as I was driving home from an orchestra rehearsal. I pulled the flaming carriage over, got my instrument out, and ran away just before it exploded. You can check out that part of the story here. This was, to put it...
I played some summer outreach concerts for the Grant Park Music Festival last summer which featured one of my all-time worst verbal gaffes ever. Every once in a while you’ve got to put your foot in your mouth to keep your ego in check, and boy, did I ever put my foot...
Bassist Dan Pliskow sent me this funny gig story a couple of weeks ago, and I thought that readers would get a kick out of it: In 2001 I got a call to work a quartet job at Greenfield Village thatmeant playing seven days a week from noon to 3 PM. Part of the Gig...
There is also a audio version of this story! Check it out here or click the audio player at the top of this post! Driving the Conductor Crazy This is a story about an unfortunate concert experience that one of the former members of The Louisville Orchestra told me a...
Most bassists who don’t hold the principal chair in a major symphony orchestra can count on one had the times that they get to play a solo in orchestra. Double bass is an instrument that does not usually fall into the solo spotlight during your typical orchestra...
