Classic Post: Andy Anderson Virtual Lessons

Here’s another one of our most popular offerings over the past two years. I can’t even begin to tell you how much positive feedback we’ve had over the two years since these videos originally appeared on the blog; they’ve been watched several...

Classic Post: Hans Sturm and the Rabbath Technique

Back in 2007, International Society of Bassists president Hans Sturm and I recorded a set of videos. Set up as mini-lessons (with me playing the role of student), we recorded these in order to give folks a primer on some of the concepts of the Rabbath technique, a...

Early music podcasting plus getting students involved

Bassist Jerry Fuller has a new episode out for his early music podcast ArsAntiguaPresents.com, a show that I help with a bit on the technical end. This month’s episode features young players from the Midwest Young Artists program here in Chicago, and I am the...

My Talk at the University of Illinois

I’ll be doing a talk at the University of Illinois at Chapmaign-Urbana this Thursday on how to best go about setting up teaching studio, something that I’ve given a lot of thought about over the years. I’m actually in the midst of writing a...