Drew McManus has been puting out the 2007 Compensation Reports on his blog Adaptistration over the last several days. In this survey, International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ISCOM) and Regional Orchestra Players Association (ROPA) executive director,...
I stumbled upon a fascinating essay recently through Dana Boyd’s blog about how class differences manifest themselves in whether a teen chooses to use Facebook or MySpace. In it, she hypothesizes that the ‘preps’ go for Facebook while the...
El Paso Symphony bassist Jesus Apodaca alerted me to an upcoming audition for both assistant principal bass and section bass for the El Paso Symphony. Per service pay is approximately $70 per service (section) for the upcoming season. Visit the El Paso Symphony...
The great Charles Mingus playing with the bow at a jazz festival. Note the lion’s head scroll on this bass. Anyone know who made this bass?Related Posts:Christian McBride videoRay Brown videoCharlie Haden videoReg Kehoe and his Marimba QueensPrevious bass shots...
Gary Karr’s concert performances often took camp to a new level, and nowhere is this better demonstrated than in this video of Paul Mero’s Pitzi-Cats:Related Posts:Gary Karr plays Paganini Moses FantasyGary Karr plays Van Goens ScherzoGary Karr plays...