John C. Dvorak recently posted this story about a class action lawsuit Florida college students have initiated against school book publishers for overcharging:In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that could affect thousands ofcollege students who think they are overcharged...
After a long day of surfing, hacking, and tweaking, I have put some really cool new features into my blog that I think people will enjoy. The first new feature is above this post in the address bar of your browser. I have installed a Bass Page favicon (the bass clef...
Wired News put out a recent story on a musical instruction web app recently demoed at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. It is called In the Chair, and it sounds like a real step forward for music education. Check out the demo video:This is the sort of thing that I...
I have been working on including as many relevant double bass, electric bass, music, and education blogs as I can on my blogroll in the sidebar on this blog. If anybody has any suggestions for more blogs to list, please leave a comment or e-mail me with ideas....
This is an older article from Polyphonic.org, but it is illuminating reading for those thinking about a career in music or those wishing to understand the life of a professional musician. Douglas Fisher makes some great points here. The article reads:Among the highly...