Compendium of Jazz Quotes – Charles Mingus

Matthew Mullenweg created the content management system WordPress (which is what I use to blog).  He is also a jazzer, and he has created a great compendium of jazz quotes–quite likely the only comprehensive online resource available for this topic. ...

Arm Excercise NOT for the Faint-Hearted

Post by Phillip Serna – www.phillipwserna.com ______________ My student Patrick Richards (has a fabulous project restoring amplifiers and bass guitars for low-income bass students http://www.myspace.com/thefreewheels & http://www.myspace.com/swimmermissing)...

links for 2008-01-27

“People who couldn’t even spell classical are into it now” Here’s a thoughtful and interesting post from U.K. blogger Jessica Duchen. (tags: jessica duche n classical music blog) CBC 60: Lynn Seaton interview and music This week’s episode...

Lynn Seaton on Contrabass Conversations this weekend

We hope you all enjoyed the conclusion of our interview with Pittsburgh Symphony principal bassist Jeff Turner on the podcast last weekend. It was really great to get a chance to sit down and interview Jeff, and there is a wealth of valuable knowledge for the current...

The art of the deficit

ClassicalMusicNews.tv blogger John Grillo has started a new series titled The Art of the Deficit examining how various orchestras function in the modern world and the sort of missteps or miscalculations that frequently get these organizations into financial hot water....