Last week, we asked how far you would travel for a $100 gig. Here’s what you all came up with: 0-25 miles 16 (25%) 25-50 miles 22 (35%) 50-75 miles 7 (11%) 75-100 miles 3 (4%) 100-125 miles 6 (9%) 125-150 miles 1 (1%) 150-175 miles 0 (0%) 175-200 miles 3 (4%)...
I spent the past two weeks performing with the Grant Park Symphony. This has been a real treat for me, both musically and personally. The GPSO is a great ensemble, and we played a lot of excellent repertoire, including Beethoven 2, Mahler 5, and the Firebird Suite....
Bill Harrison wrote a great piece on his blog recently elaborating on some of the issues I discussed in the latest installment of This Crazy Business. He writes: There’s an old joke in the biz: Q: “How do you make a musician complain?” A: “Give...
Matt Wengerd (104 Weeks blog) pointed out to me yesterday that AllAboutJazz.com was using the Contrabass Conversations logo on their site for a series on jazz bass players. Jacque Harper (Chicago Bass Ensemble) sent me the following screen shot to demonstrate the...
EveryZing, the podcast speech to text service that I use to archive Contrabass Conversations content, is really amazing. This is the kind of thing that makes podcasts really amazing, and it is what makes the podcast such a useful and dynamic resource. Type a key...
