I have been doing a few tweaks here and there to the user interface for this blog. Nothing major, but hopefully it will help to clarify things and make some features more obvious. In addition to the Articles and Forums links below the Contrabass Conversations banner,...
Double bass players and bass guitar players may want to check out this vacancy in the U.S. Army Field Band. If your audition CD is accepted, the Army Band will arrange for and cover all of your travel expenses. You can find relevant information about this position at...
Scott DiTullio, Director of Bands at Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District in Pennsylvania, recently wrote a guest post on MUSicTECHnology.net that has a great deal of relevance to my recent post on reasons why I teach:I guess when Dr. Creasap first asked me to...
So where do we go from here? Do we all just turn in our instruments and quit this miserable business? Not me, and not you either, I imagine. We musicians know the value of what we do. We know that our art can change lives, create happiness, inspire greatness in...
Double bassist John Floeter recently started a blog. John is on the bass faculty for Northern Illinois University, and he plays bass for the Grant Park Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta, Lake Forest Symphony, and many other Chicagoland ensembles. John is also my stand...
