Violinmasterclass.com

Recently I have been checking out an interesting pedagogical site called Violinmasterclass.com. This site features some great multimedia resources for both music teachers and students. Here is some information about the site:Violinmasterclass.com was created for...

Tainting the Academic Waters with Pay-Per-Student Teaching

Having recently resigned from two adjunct university positions, I feel the urge to share some of my concerns about how such positions are administrated at many universities in the United States. These concerns are based on my own experiences as an adjunct double bass...

François Rabbath – Beyond the Bass Line

I recently discovered this site devoted to the great double bassist François Rabbath. It was created by one of Rabbath’s relatives and is a great place to start learning about this double bass virtuoso and master pedagogue. It contains a links page to recordings...

New Bass Videos Tab for Blog

If you look at the tabs you will see that there is now a tab specifically for bass videos. I noticed that a lot of people like to check out the bass videos I have posted here, so I thought a devoted tab for those would be good. I’m trying not to go too overboard...

Double Bassist Jeff Bradetich on YouTube

I recently found this video of double bassist Jeff Bradetich playing the Gigue from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 on YouTube:Here is a quote from Jeff’s bio: Proclaimed by the New York Times as “the master of his instrument,” Jeff Bradetich is regarded as one...