Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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This is definitely worth checking out. Flip Baber (johnnyrandom) did an arrangement of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker using only parts from his bikes:
I was recently approached by award winning advertising agency, Goodby,Silverstein Partners to do a composition for their client,Specialized. Specialized is a bike manufacturer and they needed [...]

I will be performing Handel’s Messiah with the Elmhurst Choral Union this Sunday (12/3/06) at 3 p.m. The concert will be held in Elmhurst’s Hammderschmidt Chapel on the campus of Elmhurst College. You can find out more information about this concert here.
I have played in Hammerschmidt Chapel many times, and it may [...]

I will be performing a concert with the William Ferris Chorale this Friday evening (12/1/06) at 8 p.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Chicago, Illinois. Music Director Paul French will be conducting the concert. Call 773-325-2000 for tickets. The church near the corner of Belmont Ave. and Halstead St. in [...]

There is a new blog called the Sioux Falls Times that my friend Aaron Burman just pointed out to me. I grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and I will be checking in with this blog from time to time. I am also adding it to my blogroll.

I’d like to share this video of Stefano Sciascia performing Cancion de Amor. This is top-notch, world-class double bass playing. Check out his website here (I’m also adding it to my blogroll).

Bill Gates was recently interviewed on Charlie Rose. Check it out here–it is worth watching. You’ll see a lot of Windows Vista in action in this video:

I have been noticing more and more double bass videos popping up on YouTube, which is great to see. I put my Amati recital video up there a few days ago, but it looks much better if you watch it from my site.
Here is a version of the Vocalise by Jacy Cobalis:

Yoshihiro Utsumi also [...]

Britain’s Q Magazine recently named “Smells Like Teen Spirit” the best song of the last twenty years. A recent ABC News story reads:

In its November issue, which celebrates Q’s 20th anniversary, the publication set out to identify the top 20 singles of the past two decades. Their picks range from pop sensations like [...]

Those of you who use Firefox as your internet browser know that you can add as many extensions as you want to the browser. I use all sorts of fun extensions like StumbleUpon, Performancing, Greasemonkey, and the del.icio.us extension.
Here’s a great screen shot I recently found of someone who went all out on their [...]

I heard this great audition story a few years ago firsthand from the people who were involved. This was one of the rare times where I actually knew both the committee members and the audition candidate in this story.
Auditioning for the Grant Park Symphony
The Grant Park Symphony of Chicago, Illinois was having violin auditions [...]