One of my favorite podcasts is Rob Walch’s Podcast411. I discovered this podcast about six months ago and devoured all of Rob’s past episodes. It is really a fantastic podcast and a great way to discover new shows. Rob had Dr. Kathy King from Podcast for...
We got nailed by snow here in Chicago yesterday. Milwaukee got about a foot of snow, which was much worse than us, but we got a good half-foot of snow here in Evanston, and the suburbs out west got about eight inches. I went out with my camera yesterday morning to get...
My double bass colleague John Tuck recently sent some comments regarding my Rabbath versus Simandl post. He agreed to let me share them here. John is Assistant Principal Bass for the Northwest Indiana Symphony. He also plays for the Lake Forest Symphony and the Des...
Every day I resist the urge to post cat videos on the Bass Page–I know that they’ve got nothing to do with bass, music, technology, or education. Every once in a while one slips through, however.
This is definitely worth checking out. Flip Baber (johnnyrandom) did an arrangement of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker using only parts from his bikes:I was recently approached by award winning advertising agency, Goodby,Silverstein...