Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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In keeping with the other non-bass or music posts for today, I’d like to share this really amazing video of birds flying in ultra-slow motion. It is really a remarkable little video that I found while surfing on Digg:

A great blog that my friend Aaron Burman (check out his wedding photos here) pointed me to is Don to Earth by Donald Crowdis. Don is 92 years old! Check out his writing–it’s a great blog and an example of the power of this blogging medium to enhance everybody’s abilities to communicate [...]

Kazakhstan is on many people’s minds these days thanks to Borat. I just saw this movie and never laughed so hard. Here’s the trailer for those of you that haven’t seen it yet:________________________

While browsing around Wikipedia Commons recently I found this beautiful picture of Kaindy lake in Kazakhstan. According to Wikipedia, the mountain [...]

There is a very famous documentary from 1969 called “The Trout” featuring a group of legendary musicians assembling and performing Schubert’s famous quintet.
The musicians featured are:

Daniel Barenboim, pianoItzhak Perlman, [...]

Every summer I think Chicago’s great. It’s sunny, warm, the beaches are filled with people, the city is bustling with activity, and the lake is beautiful and inviting. I am convinced that it’s the greatest city in the world. Then winter hits (in November, or perhaps October or maybe even in September [...]

This is worth checking out. See what happens when the blender blends a rake handle.

This is a repository of sonatas, concertos, and other solo works for the double bass. Click the player for each piece to practice along with it. Click the name of the piece to download it as an MP3 file (right-click and choose “save as..”). There will be a short (three second) ad [...]

This is a repository of orchestral excerpts for the double bass. Click the player for each excerpt to practice along with it. Click the name of the piece to download it as an MP3 file (right-click and choose “save as..”). There will be a short (three second) ad at the beginning of each file if [...]

This is an older article from Polyphonic.org, but it is illuminating reading for those thinking about a career in music or those wishing to understand the life of a professional musician. Douglas Fisher makes some great points here. The article reads:
Among the highly educated and skilled professions, orchestra musicians make some of [...]

This is something that has to be seen to be believed. John Kilduff does a cable access TV show called Let’s Paint TV where he paints, exercises, blends, and takes calls all at the same time. In this episode he paints a pie, eats a pie, runs on a treadmill, takes calls [...]