Posts Tagged ‘norfolk’

Learn Bass From A Bass Player

Electric Bass Instructor Available in West Ghent
I have over 15 years playing the electric bass, which includes 4 and 5 string as well as fretless instruments and a Bachelor’s of Music from Berklee College of Music. I am not a “failed guitarist.” I have been teaching privately for about 5 years, including teaching bass and [...]

The Laughing Heart

Today I learned of the death of one of my high school teachers whom, over the years, has inspired me quite a bit as a musician and also as a music teacher. I hadn’t been in touch with him much, but I’d talked to him within the last few years when we were both teaching [...]

Last Ride of the Big Bad Wolf

Last week Busch Gardens Europe announced the closing of the Big Bad Wolf roller coaster after 25 years of service after Labor Day of this year. The primary reason given has been that the Big Bad Wolf has “reached the end of it’s service life.”
Pretty lame excuse right?
Even Busch Garden’s powers-that-be have more or less [...]

James H. Knustler dissects suburbia

I was sent this video by boxedcity.com/757/ with the challenge of reflecting on what this speech says about 757. I think the general design theory presented by James Knustler says a lot about how so many of my friends who’ve lived in Hampton Roads most of their lives simply feeling unwelcome and uninterested in their [...]

We Got Married And Stuff But That’s Not The Best Part

So there’s a lot that has been going on and I’ve blogged almost none of it. To start, Kim and I got married this last weekend. The weather was great the company was exceptional and the cake was effing delicious. Maybe Kim thinks differently, but the wedding, for me, wasn’t so important. I wanted us [...]

5 Things That Are Stressing Me The F**K Out

Unemployment is imminent, so I am looking for a new job
Getting married next month and I have a lot of stuff left to do
I have jury duty next month too.
I almost, finally, have all of the money I need for a new bass head but its going to have to wait because of item #1
Opting [...]

Practice

This is an old blog post that I decided to go back and update. Some of the ideas I expressed here have evolved since the first writing, so I wanted to reflect that. I’ve totally removed the bit about making organized practice routines because, as it occurs to me, they’ve never been so successful. I’d [...]