I always seem to find something of value on Gerald Klickstein’s Musician’s Way blog. Check out the following post on practicing spontaneity–some “deep thoughts” nuggets for the beginning of the week: The Art...
Good advertising for folks with a bass service/product: The ISB mails its International Portrait Calendar to all current members with the fall issue of Bass World, and to new members throughout the year. That’s more than 3,000 calendars printed and mailed. At...
An orchestral flash mob–I love it!
This lengthy (144 pages–I’m only partially through it) dissertation by Andrew William Brown was sent to be by bassist Steve Badach and addresses one of the longtime debates among bassists, namely the tonal differences between flat-backed and round-backed...
Michael Hovnanian has continued to add new movements to his multi-track recordings of the Marcello sonatas. Michael has been taking the six Marcello sonatas and recording solo and continuo lines for each of them. It’s a great project to follow along with, not...
