I recently played a concert with the Elgin Symphony where we accompanied old movie clips, something that I always enjoy. It’s fun to see the audience reacting to these movie clips with a live orchestra providing the soundtrack, and it’s always an exercise...
Several folks have passed along the following link to me, knowing me to be a lover of cats and of my new iPad. This has been pretty popular on YouTube, so you may have already seen it, but check it out if you haven’t–it’s amazing to see how cats can...
Here’s a classic (recorded in 1994) from Stanley Clarke, one of the most important bassists act ice today:
(crossposted from PBDB) In Part 1, we looked at fears that keep us from asking ourselves the toughest question that we all must face as musicians looking to have a professional career: Do I have what it takes? In this part, we’ll look at the next step in the process:...
National Symphony orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner (also a former Contrabass Conversations guest) recently commissioned by a composer named Armando Bayolo. Titled Mix Tape, it is a six movement solo suite, and each movement is based on a pop song that either Armando or...
