My good friend Aaron Burman sent me a link to this video featuring Sons of Maxwell singing a song about something that countless musicians (myself included) have gone through–bashed and broken musical instruments by careless baggage handlers: [From YouTube...
ArsAntiguaPresents.com just released a new podcast episode. This is an excellent monthly podcast, so be sure to subscribe to it (iTunes link) if you’re an early music lover: About this month’s episode: This month’s episode (13 minutes and 2 seconds)...
During the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention, I got a chance to sit down and do an interview with double bassist Alan Steiner, a former student of Roger Scott at the Curtis Institute and an active bassist and teacher in the Chicago area. It’s...
Contrabass Conversations co-host John Grillo pointed an article out to me last fall about the demise (or lack thereof) of live classical music, but my insane schedule at that time left me no time for digesting much of anything blog-related, so it wasn’t until I...
I’ve been at this blog business for several years now, and I’ve experienced a tremendous gamut of emotions, styles of blogging, and levels of engagement with the blogosphere. I’ve gotten really techie and ‘inside baseball’, doing tons of...
