Former Contrabass Conversations guest Justin Locke, formerly with the Boston Pops and author of “Real Men Don’t Rehearse: Adventures in the Secret World of Professional Orchestras” has a new blog. Go to justinlocke.typepad.com.
I certainly never imagined that this would happen, but almost every single long-form post I’ve written in the past few months has been on the iPhone. I now only use my laptop for more advanced image manipulation, adding links (something the iPhone is horrible...
My double bass colleague Benjy (who has contributed many posts to this blog in the past) sent me a link to the following video of François Rabbath performing at the the 3rd Warsaw Bass Festival during the summer of 2008: Now check out Rabbath’s Contrabass...
The following is a short excerpt from the E-Bass Line Newsletter from the International Society of Bassists. Receiving this newsletter each month is one of the many benefits for ISB members, including special rates on instrument insurance, the excellent journal Bass...
There’s an annual Labor Day concert up at Ravinia (the Chicago Symphony’s summer home) that I often play. It’s a very patriotic affair consisting of an all-Tschaikowsky program, with artillery in the park for the 1812 Overture. You know the...
