After posting my lengthy post about Edgar Meyer’s playing last week, I though it would be good to put out a little video of this great player out on the blog. There’s precious little on YouTube, and what is there is usually from a shaky cell phone, but...
I’ve taught a wide array of students during the past 10 years as a private bass teacher. Some of them made me tear my hair out, some of them remain good friends and close contacts to this day, but all of them taught me something important, both about me as a...
I was chatting with a student recently when the topic of locking keys in cars before gigs came up–I can’t recall what on Earth we were talking about that led us to this topic, but I told him a story about the times (yes, I’ve done this more than...
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Sonata No.2 in D-Major for Viola da Gamba & Keyboard (Organ), BWV 1028 Adagio Allegro Andante Allegro From a Lenten Organ Recital with Organist Cathryn Wilkinson, March 1, 2009 in Baker Memorial Methodist Church in Saint...
I can’t believe I didn’t blog about this already (I chalk it up to my psycho student/teacher/performer schedule, but still…), but Joel Negus one of the very talented bassists at the Cleveland Institute who has appeared several times here on the blog...