Always keeping an eye out for exalted musical successes and disappointing musical failures, this one was recommended to me by a colleague. During a premiere Tauno Marttinen’s Symphony No. 4 with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO), this poor timpanist...
Jacque Harper of the Chicago Bass Ensemble (and a former Contrabass Conversations guest) recently sent me a link to my sleeping profile on sleepingtime.org. This service looks at your 200 most recent tweets and determines when you probably sleep. It pegged me exactly!...
From Madeleine Crouch, the manager for the International Society of Bassists, on the first day of spring in Dallas. As I recall, it was warm and sunny up here in Chicago that day…
Madeleine Crouch from the International Society of Bassists sent out this fun song written by fellow board member John Schimek about all the snow that has been bizarrely pummeling Oklahoma. As a Chicago resident, I can’t help but feel a sense of smug...
Oh dear… About this video (via YouTube info pane): my name is gerry (jerry) phillips and i have been playing songs on my hands for 39 years! Mostfart! i love the classics and dream of playing this song with a sympathy orchestra! i used a digitech whammy pedal on...
