I just discovered a great educational resource for jazz musicians–I am surprised that I haven’t seen this site before. PlayJazzNow.com distributes play-along MP3 files for jazz practicing. They have tracks for drummers, bassists, vocalists, horn players,...
Phillip Serna has started a musical events calendar for the Chicagoland area. It focuses on his performances, which tend to be orchestral and early music oriented. It is a good cross section of Chicago classical musical events, and recommend checking it out. There...
I just read a great post on Andrew Leahey’s blog about eight free alternatives to major applications:1) Windows replace with Ubuntu. Well, might as well make #1 the biggest. For the average user there is absolutely no reason to pay Microsoft for the (wonderful)...
Here’s a short movie of my kayaking adventures today. My brother and dad are putting together a Folbot and taking it out on a creek that Jesse James jumped back in the day: technorati tags: jay, heath, folbot, kayak, kayaking, south, dakota, jesse, james, movie,...
I just read a new post by Renaud Garcia-Fons in the International Society of Bassists Events page: On the 28th of October, departing on an Air France/Alitalia flight for a concert in Rome, I was refused transport of my double bass because its weight in the flight case...
