IRIS Chamber Orchestra with Jason Vieaux

The IRIS Chamber Orchestra will be performing Saturday, January 13, 2007 at the Germantown Performing Arts Center with the great classical guitarist Jason Vieaux. Additionally, the orchestra will be premiering a work by composer Adam Schoenberg.The program will...

In Search of Open Source Notation Software

I was recently in a music technology lab at a local university. This lab had fifteen computers with MIDI keyboards and Finale installed. About half of these computers had Sibelius installed as well. At least 75% of these computers were sending back “registration...

More Downloads, Better Downloads

I have been doing some work on my download offerings from this blog, adding some new materials (new scales from John Floeter, blank sheet music). I am planning on adding a large number of downloadable double bass MIDI practice tracks. This makes much more sense than...

Blog Functionality Example – Cow Country Bass

Scott Chaurette gave my blog a nice mention on his Cow Country Bass blog last month. Thanks, Scott! He has set his blog up in a way that many music instructors would find useful. He’s got tabs at the top of the screen for various student resources (lessons,...

Click for Lessons

Bassist Drew Davies also runs a company called Click for Lessons. This is a service that will match up students and teachers for various instruments. The service is not just for music–I see that you can find lessons for salsa dancing, ballet, acting lessons, and...