Playing the clarinet… er, carronet?

Veggie instruments always make me smile! Linsey Pollak drill and plays a carrot, running it through some looping gear to create a funky veggie jam:

Orchestra websites – pleasant discoveries

Most orchestra websites stink. Whether trying to navigate janky drop-down menus, sitting through excruciating flash intros (every…. single…. time) or flipping uselessly through outdated calendars made with early 1990’s web software, delving deep into...

“Game Day”, words about practicing from Jon Gordon

Here is a newsletter / article from speaker and best-selling author, Jon Gordon. This one talks about practice and the performance. ____ “You don’t love me. You don’t care. You’re not taking this seriously,” my wife said to me with tears streaming down her face as we...

Student Audition Rant

Happy Monday readers! Pete Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com. I have some rants on my blog but I thought should also be posted for you readers. So here are my thoughts on student bass auditions. —- Teachers – Stop asking ridiculous audition material of...

Johannes Brahms!?!

I love this tongue-in-cheek PSA video about “Rasin Brahms” and can’t keep from giggling every time I hear the kid’s reaction to old Johannes appearing out of nowhere.