Crafting a Music Career Part 4: Teaching High School

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 Part 4 – Teaching High School (what you’re reading) Part 5 – Building My...

Large Schools vs. Small Schools

Hi readers, Peter Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com doing a guest post for DoubleBassBlog.org.   I’m often asked about school suggestions for college-bound musicians. Many parents and students assume that a larger school with a well known name is always the...

Rethinking College Degrees: Lessons from Two Maverick Thinkers

Summer vacation has hit, and I’m finding myself thinking about “big picture topics” with my free time.  I seem to spend at least a few weeks a year relaxing outside while reading interesting books and listening to engaging podcasts.  I’ve been doing a lot...

Stairway to Learnin’

Hi readers, Peter Tambroni here doing a guest post for DoubleBassBlog.org. I will be doing a semi-regular column from my perspective as a long time public school string teacher and bassist. ____________________________ Learning does not follow a straight line or...