There is only one double bass orchestral vacancy listed in this month’s International Musician. That’s right–one job! Not even any per-service jobs are listed this month. The job is for principal bass of the Spokane Symphony, and the details are...
I recently did an interview with my friend John Grillo. This interview will be featured on the next episode of Contrabass Conversations, and it should be a real pleasure for people to hear. John also sent me a CD of his recent double bass recital, and I will be...
My ‘real life’ (although I certainly consider this blog a part of my real life) has been getting in the way of my writing over the past month, making it difficult to create new content and make improvements to the blog. Fortunately, my schedule is easing up slightly...
I just got a copy of the most recent issue of Double Bassist magazine, and a quote from my San Jose audition story starts out an article that they did on auditioning. It’s an honor that my story would be chosen to start this great article. The main body of the...
I had somebody recently point out that they couldn’t get Contrabass Conversations to load in Internet Explorer. I got on the computer and realized to my horror that they were right. It also wouldn’t work in Safari. I got into the code and realized what...
