National Symphony Orchestra Principal Bassist Robert Oppelt recently started a website that I think bassists out there would be interested in checking out. In addition to containing biographical information and a great photo library (click here to check out photos of...
Chicago Symphony bassist Michael Hovnanian recently put up a post on his CSO Bass Blog providing an interesting window into the rotation and time off policies of the Chicago Symphony. I also noticed that Patty from oboeinsight discovered this post. You can read her...
Check out this video I found through gigglesugar from a Hank Williams Jr. concert. Four year old Hunter Hayes is seen here playing a tune he calls “Jambalaya” and singing. A few points to consider while watching…1. This little guy’s got the...
Here is a shot of the Elgin Symphony bass section from our recent concert cycle at the beginning of April. One or another of us is often subbing out of a cycle for other work, so it is rare that the six of us are actually assembled as a section.The players are (left...
I’ve always thought that MS Paint (the drawing program included with Windows since the beginning of time) was a fairly lame program. This video certainly changes my mind. It is a video capture of somebody creating an extremely detailed car on MS Paint, and it is...
