Archive for August, 2006

My Favorite Flickr Photos

Yazan: Jason | 29 August 2006 | No Comments
Categories: photography

These are some of my favoite photos from Flickr. These photos all belong to the 1000 views + 100 favorites pool, of which I am a member (though none of my stuff resembles this). Check out my Flickr photos here. technorati tags: flickr, favorite, favorites, group, groups

Jazz Showcase losing its lease

Yazan: Jason | 28 August 2006 | No Comments
Categories: music news

Chicago’s Jazz Showcase, the venerable club owned and operated by Joe Segal for nearly 60 years, is losing its lease. It will be forced to move January 1, 2007. The Jazz Showcase has been located at 59 W. Grand Avenue in Chicago (just west of the Magnificent Mile) for the last 10 years. Its home [...]

NashvillesNews.net

Yazan: Jason | 28 August 2006 | No Comments
Categories: blogging, music news

My posts are now being distributed through NashvillesNews.net. Check out the site (whether you are in the Nashville area or not)–it is full of useful information. You can click the logo to the left to visit the site. If you check out the site you will find my posts popping up throughout the site, along [...]

Eyespot Rocks!

Yazan: Jason | 27 August 2006 | 2 Comments
Categories: blogging, technology

Recently I have been playing around a lot with Eyespot , the video shaing/editing/mixing application by David Dudas and company. Eyespot was created in 2005 and is really a cool application. Although it has only a fraction of YouTube‘s juggernaut of a user base, Eyespot is definitely worth a visit. You can dump all of [...]

New Podcast Tracks by Bjorn Berkhout

Yazan: Jason | 27 August 2006 | No Comments
Categories: bass, podcasting

I just added two new tracks to my podcast Jason Heath’s Double Bass Performances. They are both live cuts or pieces that I premiered by the composer Bjorn Berkhout. Bjorn is a member of the Loyola University faculty and is an internationally recognized composer. His music has been performed by the Gaudeamus Festival in Amsterdam, [...]

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