Weekly Bass Blog Wrap-Up

Doing a weekly wrap-up is something that I have been thinking about for a while. I got the idea from Lorelle VanFossen’s blog Lorelle on WordPress, an excellent blog about blogging (of great interest to me–probably not so much for most bass blog readers)....

The Psychology of Being Musical

Get a masters in psychology to better understand the world around you. This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one...

On Including User-Submitted Content in your Blog

One of the coolest things to me about blogging is how it encourages participation. The ease of adding comments to posts (something that came about with the arrival of blogs in the earlier part of the decade) really spurred the development of what is now called social...

Take A Friend to Orchestra

The following article originally appeared on Adaptistration in April, 2007 as part of the Take A Friend to Orchestra initiative. I am grateful to Drew McManus for asking me to participate in this collaborative effort. You can read the complete list of 2007 TAFTO...

Getting out of the practice room

This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one of the nation’s most exclusive programs. I think readers will...