This made the news recently, in my local area. It would be best to follow the link to the news article before reading the rest of this blog. UMW will not renew contract Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Kevin Bartram I was asked by my private students what I thought of this situation. Especially since I teach Read More …
Month: November 2019
9V to 18V mod for active basses, temporary or permanent wiring harness
I found this fantastic little mod on YouTube while looking for another schematic. Temporary (or permanent) wiring harness to see if you want to jump an active instrument to an 18V system. Just made one of these for a friend who isn’t sure if he wants to go 18v but he wants to try it. Read More …
Setting up the Pedalboard and signal path for Fun Home…and how the basses tell the story…
Consider yourself warned; we’re getting deep into the music nerding today, dear reader. We’ve got more tales from the Fun Home office. Today’s installment; the signal path for 5 basses. And what roles these 5 basses play in the show. I’m running a pedalboard with two Baggs Paraacoustic DIs out. The top chain (with the Read More …
$80 beater bass goes fretless…
More project basses came to visit me this week. One of my students needed a fretless for a musical production. I told him we could make one, since buying a new one was out of his budget. He brought in an $80 no-name “beater” bass. I showed him how to make the tool he needed Read More …
Upcoming Schedule of Shows…
Time for this week’s schedule updates. Tomorrow kicks off week number two of UMW’s production of Fun Home. The remaining FUN HOME shows are are on; Thursday – 11/14, 11/21 – 7:30 PM Friday – 11/15, 11/22 – 7:30 PM Saturday – 11/16, 11/23 – 7:30 PM Sunday – 11/17, 11/24 – 2 PM Head Read More …
“Sometimes we find the gigs, sometimes the gigs find us.”
As a friend recently said, “Sometimes we find the gigs, sometimes the gigs find us.” I’m doing my schedule post early this week as it is tech week for Fun Home. Add to that, one of the shows is on Wednesday. So, if you want to get straight to the schedule, go ahead and jump Read More …