Chicago Symphony bassist, blogger, and Contrabass Conversations guest Michael Hovnanian wrote a post recently about the Chicago Symphony’s ever shrinking summer season at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois:Ravinia seasons used to be 8 weeks....
I recently did a talk on the benefits of blogging for a local organization here in metro Chicago. While putting together material for the talk, I stumbled upon this short piece that I had written a few months ago. It was still in the queue for the blog (most of my...
Basses during a concert break in a Medieval church in Rohr, Thuringia:Related Posts:1930s Alcoa aluminum bass photoCreole quartet on a trainMingus with the bowStrollin’ Down the RiverJason at the podcast recording rigsubscribe to the blog – subscribe to...
Double bassist Kells Nollenberger took this shot of me while interviewing Time for Three bassist Ranaan Meyer for this week’s Contrabass Conversations podcast. I’m doing a conference call over Skype with bassist John Grillo and Ranaan, and recording the...
My cats love the fresh air, but we live in an urban area. That’s when a cat stroller comes in handy! I took this video today around Evanston. I originally planned to take them to see the Fourth of July parade up around my place (like they’d care), but I...
