Recent content by rhaegar

Thanks Michael and Tom.

My daughter has an orchestra placement audition and is playing the attached piece. (I'd give a link, but TB won't let me.) She has heard contradictory things about how to play the first four measures of the second line. I'm not a DB player, but thought that the horizontal bars indicated a...

My 13 year-old daughter is outgrowing her 1/2 size rental and would like to move up to a 3/4 size. I'd like something to get her through high school. She's been playing for almost 2 years and is in a youth orchestra. Before buying, I would need for her instructor to examine the instrument at his...

Practically speaking, it doesn't matter unless you or the band is willing to go to court. Sadly, a binding contract won't give you Jedi mind meld powers to make the other party perform. I remember sitting in on negotiations between some really rich dude and some moderately rich dude. Moderately...

Last week, I ran into a guy in my neighborhood who leads a big band. I told him that I started playing bass about six months ago and that we should keep in touch. At some point, he might need a bassist and I might be able to play something worth listening to. He encouraged me to come play with...

My local guitar shop doesn't have a huge selection of basses. One that caught my attention used Marcus Miller 4 string with hard case for $800. I liked it well enough, but frankly I don't feel that I know enough to form a strong opinion. The other contender was a Fender Standard Jazz. There's...