Bass folks (and parents of those bass folks) in the greater Rockford, Illinois area (DeKalb, Beloit, etc.) looking for an opportunity to develop their musical abilities or those of their bass-playing children may want to check out the following information: From...
Here are a few classic posts about learning an instrument, practicing, getting ready for music school, and other such topics (from 2006-2008): Fifteen Practicing Mistakes that Students Make – These are a handful of common pitfalls that I have seen my students...
I was recently poring over a mailing list from the International Society of Bassists, attempting to locate an actual double bass faculty member with actual working contact information. My task: find out if there’s a bass instructor, get his/her email address,...
Peter Askim, conductor for the Idylwild Arts Academy (and a heck of a bassist and composer–check out his Contrabass Conversations interview for more information) still has some openings for double bass students for the 2009-10 academic year. This is a wonderful...
(crossposted at PBDB) Outlier: a data point that falls far from most other points; a score extremely divergent from the other measures of a set. I first became familiar with the concept of “outliers” when my brother came home from his new job wearing T-shirt of the...
