A colleague of mine passed along this entertaining (and true!) tale from a concert in a local per-service gig orchestra. I know a lot of musicians who perform in this orchestra (which I’ll refrain from naming here), which makes it even funnier to me....
A reader recently passed along the following link about the Freeway Philharmonic, a new movie based on the lives of San Francisco Bay Area musicians, and I am amazed that I haven’t seen this before. This movie completely ties into the various phenomena that I...
Doesn’t the expression on my face (below) make you curious what this video’s all about? Check it out–notice how I put my hand up to shield my face as a car pulls into the spot next to me in the parking lot. I guess that I didn’t want to look...
After finishing a performance in a master class, the student looks up, wide-eyed and expectant, at the teacher, expecting some sage advice or pearls of wisdom. The teacher opens his mouth and says: "You have two problems……your left hand and your right...
We’re featuring Barrie Kolstein on Contrabass Conversations this week. One of the most prominent and influential figures in the double bass community, Barrie was a real treat to interview, and co-host John Grillo and I really had a blast chatting with him. In...
