Saturday, July 18th, 2009
These are all my opinions on my favorite musicians and styles.
Top 5 Classical String Musicians:
1. Gary Karr (Double Bass)
2. Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
3. Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
4. Vanessa Mae (Violin)
5. Elspeth Hanson (Viola)
Top 5 String Alternative Trios, Quartets, Bands etc.:
1. Apocalyptica
2. Rasputina
3. Break of Reality
4. Kronos Quartet
5. Tran-Siberian Orchestra
Top 5 Classic Rock Bands/Artists:
1. Pink Floyd
2. Jeff [...]
5 Musical Lists – Day 2
Tags: Apocalyptica, as I lay dying, banjo, break of reality, cello, double bass, eagles, edgar meyer, elspeth hanson, gary karr, guitar, jeff buckley, kronos quartet, led zeppelin, piano, pink floyd, queen, rasputina, red, skillet, tfk, thousand foot krutch, Trans-Siberian orchestra, underoath, vanessa mae, yo-yo ma
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
It’s nice to be free and to grow and make my own decisions, which is definitely not something I was able to do a year ago.
A Healthy Balance of School and Work
Tags: AA, act, acts, alcoholics anonymous, blessings, car, college, college now, contrabass, double bass, eleven months, God, interview, job, kontrabass, north texas state university, psat, psats, rice university, sat, sats, school, sobriety, sobriety mileston, string bass, sweepstakes, TAKS, teaching, UIL, university of texas, Work, world music
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
I want to teach music again. When I started high school, I was still in contact with my middle school orchestera director, and I’d have her refer incoming students to me for private lessons. I had about two or three clients I worked with once a week each and it was amazing.
No Time To Write? Pah!
Tags: alcohol, contrabass, distance learning, double bass, drugs, first chair, friends, house arrest, job hunting, kontrabass, middle school, mom, music teacher, music tutor, of mice and men, ohio, Orchestra, orchestra conductor, orchestra director, pre-UIL, private lessons, regionals, regions, relationship, relationships, school, sight reading, sobriety, string bass, TAKS, TAKS testing, UIL, UIL contest
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
I wrote an essay for English last month, and I really enjoyed writing it. I thought I would share it with my viewers as well as do some tweaking of it. I made a Four, which is the highest grade an essay can get. I think the prompt was “Write about the importance of doing [...]
Music – The Universal Language
Tags: classical, contrabass, double bass, english, essay, guitar, kontrabass, language, love, Music, musician, piano, regret, rehab, shame, string bass, upright bass, viola de gamba
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