In light of our coming little bean, we purchased a Canon T1i in order to capture every moment of the little one’s time in and out of the womb. On a related subject, I took and processed several pictures from my friend Boone’s bachelor party this week. These pictures are low ... Continue Reading
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Unclutterer has a great series called Workspace of the Week, where various desks and other workspaces make their way onto this blog about how to simplify and organize. Â This week, they highlighted the studio of Brendan Burns, whose guitar-focused space is set up for instrument-musician- ... Continue Reading
I purchased the latest strings from Velvet this week – the Compas Blues – from Chris at Quinn Violins.  I have seen very little on these new Velvet strings at Talkbass or elsewhere on the web.  Furthermore, I haven’t found any good pictures of them.  I’v ... Continue Reading
 The two Solano Klotz basses currently residing in Lakeland met for the first time this week. My 2003 slab-top Klotz (on the right) has been in town since February of 2004 and Zach’s bass has been here less than a year. Before ordering his Klotz, Zach and I met so he could ... Continue Reading
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You may have noticed (if you’ve actually been to the matthewwengerd.net in the last few weeks) that the header image on this site rotates between five images. If you’re monitor is wide enough, you may also note that every picture is music-related, a fact lost on those with ... Continue Reading
I’ll start this semi-regular series with a non-bassist. Part of this shot has been the banner for AllAboutJazz.com‘s photo section as long as I’ve been noticing. I found the full photo at Jorrit Dijkstra‘s website. John Hollenbeck is the crazy guy with the death r ... Continue Reading
Jon Hendricks Slow Registration booths Corey Christiansen and MB3 Mike Downes playing with the Humber band (led by Vince Mendoza) The Blog! with Neil Tesser, Darcy James Argue, et al Mike Downes Secret Society North Kurt Elling and John Hendricks Our Fearless Leader (and my b ... Continue Reading
The house was packed for Moody, but let up ever so slightly for subsequent sets. I’ve been trying to get a shot like this all week. Continue Reading
I posted earlier that I would be posting an update related to the modifications I’ve made to my bass recently. After a couple weeks with the changes and some others’ opinions, I feel that I can make a substantive post about the effects of these changes. My bass orignally came ... Continue Reading
This is from several months ago, but I thought I would share: Continue Reading
Tuesday night, I drove straight from USF to Loch Haven Park in Orlando to meet Rumano Solano and pick up my bass. Some ribs have been doubled for strength and all of the cracks repaired. I have some work to accomplish to get the sound where I want it, but I am very pleased with the resul ... Continue Reading
Touch The Sound My rating: 5 out of 5 This excellent film explores the world of percussionist Evelyn Glennie. What will be impressed upon most viewers is the fact that Glennie is deaf. What impresses me the most is how sensitively she hears. I ... Continue Reading
Sketches of Frank Gehry My rating: 4 out of 5 I’ve been infatuated with the work of Frank Gehry ever since the groundbreaking of the Peter B. Lewis building on the campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. I was quite excite ... Continue Reading
