Universal Music demands that mother take down toddler video

In a sublime example of everything that is wrong with the Recording Industry Association of America, Universal Music has demanded that a mother take down a 29-second video of her toddler dancing while Prince’s Let’s Go Crazy plays in the background....

Navigating Music Careers – advice from Paul Ellison

Bass Blog reader Jon recently let me know about this great resource from Rice University bass professor Paul Ellison on career opportunities in music. This resource is especially relevant considering some of the subjects that have been explored in the past on this...

New poll – what is your educational background?

A new poll will be launched on the blog every week on Monday. I like polls–it’s interesting to see what readers think or to learn more about their background through such devices, and the results actually help a lot to guide the blog into the future.This...

New search function for the bass blog

I really must be a geek if I get this excited about a new search function on the blog, but it’s cool–really! Type a search term into the new box at the top of the blog, and see what happens. Cool, right? The results load up without the page having to...

On An Overgrown Path’s Bob Shingleton discusses blogging on video

On An Overgrown Path is perhaps the best example of how classical music blogging is moving ahead of traditional journalistic outlets. Bob Shingleton has become one of the leading voices in the world of classical music journalism, and he is a prime example of how the...