Audio from my appearance at Chicago Music Commission panel
The audio track (about 1 1/4 hours) from the Chicago Music Commission‘s Musicians at Work forum in which I recently participated as a panelist was released a couple of weeks ago. Podcasters Jim Goodrich and Fred Wells, along with Gaper’s Block writer Graham Sanford and yours truly all participated an a Q&A about podcasting, blogging, and how to get started doing both with some sort of business-oriented motivation in mind. Hope you find it interesting!
I’ve done several blog/podcast/musical entrepreneurship events like this over the past few years, most recently for the Chicago Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) down at Roosevelt University. Though my blog and podcast tend to be more geared toward the classical side of things, I’ve done a lot of more general chatter about how this kind of stuff I do can benefit all musicians. It’s funny–I never set out to have a successful blog, but I now find myself with a popular music blog, a podcast (which feels like the most constructive thing I do online!), and a guy who manages a few other projects like these for different groups. In fact, I was sort of embarrassed that I had this site for a long time, but I continue to realize that life’s twists and turns can take you down the paths that you’d least expect.
May 6th, 2009 at 7:20 am
I have some ideas for forthcoming shows:
Double bass accessories: What types of carrying case exist and where to get them. [Story: I had to part with my 10 year old soft case (purchase from “Bass Bags”) as the foam inside had turned to grit]
Humidifier, Anti Insect.
Bow structure and design. Cleaning the hair and frog. Difference in hair. Rosin – atmospheric conditions and application
Low C Extensions / additional low B (motivation, suitability, possibilities of retro fitting/costs).
String choices and characteristics. Suitability for gendre – was touched upon (any more info or further range)
Chairs/tools and their design (e.g. rounded left corner to allow the bass to be closer to the player)
New Double bass designs (with cut away sections for better access to higher positions)