Several years ago I played double bass for the Pacific Music Festival, a summer music festival based in Sapporo, Japan. This festival was started in the late 1980s by legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein. In addition to the Pacific Music Festival (PMF), Bernstein...
Watching a lot of HBO’s Deadwood this summer has made me want to grow a moustache and ride a horse, or at the very least to learn how to speak like a 19th century man of adventure. I’m working on the latter by studying this great 19th century vocabulary...
I recently read a very thoughtfully written article on ActiveBass.com about practicing methods. Written by Joe Solomon, this article approaches practicing from an improviser’s perspective, but it includes valuable advice for any performing musician: ” I...
I recently added a new feature to my podcast page and audio page. It is called the Pupu Player, and it is a really simple way to listen to any of the tracks in my podcast. Go to either of these pages (or click on the player in this post) and a new window will open up...
Last year the Milwaukee Symphony became the first American orchestra to sell archival recordings in iTunes. Their press release states:The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra announced the launch today of MSO Classics, an e-label created specifically for digital distribution...
