My favorite signs

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Orchestra joke from CSO Bass Blog

Michael Hovnanian just put up a post on his CSO Bass Blog that started with a great joke:The last chair bassist of a major orchestra fancied himself something of an amateur conductor. One day the Maestro fell ill and with no conductor on call the orchestra manager...

Song about getting a bass on a plane

Double bassist Scott Worthington recently sent me a link to this very funny video featuring Jay Leonhart singing about trying to get a bass violin on a plane–any plane. Scott’s own composition ‘Disrepresentation’ was featured back in January on...

Cat eats with fork, spoon, and chopsticks

OK–this has to be the best cat video ever. Excerpted from a Sci-Fi Channel program, this video highlights a cat who has been trained to eat with a fork as well as with a spoon and chopsticks. The cat actually holds these utensils (!) while eating!Related...

Top ways to be an annoying conductor

There is a great post on Adventures of an Idaho Violist highlighting ways that conductors can alienate their musicians. Here are a few items from the list:3) Singing an articulation (daaah) is always more effective than using a descriptive term (legato)4) If a section...