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Author: Jason | 13 August 2007 | No comments
Categories: bass, blogging

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. Bass blog readers will actually be familiar with [...]

Weekly Wrap-Up

Author: Jason | 06 August 2007 | No comments
Categories: blogging

This week marked the launch of Bass Musician Magazine, a new publication available at www.bass-musician-magazine.com, and one in which Contrabass Conversations will be a regular feature. Check it out!___________ We released the next part of the Basses, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles featuring tales of woe regarding plane travel. This is the first in an extended [...]

Weekly Wrap-Up

Author: Jason | 30 July 2007 | No comments
Categories: Uncategorized

This week featured the second part of This Crazy Business, my new series about life as a working musician. Unlike Road Warrior Without an Expense Account (which is about being a freelance musician), this series is about life as a musician in general. If you’d like to read the 50 or so more substantial articles [...]

Weekly Wrap-Up

Author: Jason | 23 July 2007 | No comments
Categories: bass, blogging

I spent the majority of this week playing up around Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. While the concerts were fun and in a beautiful setting, these long drives are slowly killing me, and I see less and less of them in my future. I played the same festival last year right around the time that I started [...]

Weekly Wrap-Up

Author: Jason | 16 July 2007 | No comments
Categories: blogging

I spent this entire week in Wisconsin, first driving to Madison to play in the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, then heading up to Milwaukee to play a yearly concert called Gathering On the Green about 20 miles north of Milwaukee. This kind of driving reminds me of what it was like playing in the Milwaukee Ballet [...]

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