Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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Holly Mulcahy recently sent me a link to this story about an orchestra librarian’s last day (warning - language). It is a great example of the frustrations that can be caused by Prima Donna conductors. This individual had to deal with an impossible assistant conductor, and this story chronicles their horrible last [...]

Tim Pearson sent me another Wilbur Hall video which is completely amazing. I’d like to have been a fly on the wall for this guy’s practice sessions:

Digg (one of my favorite websites) now has a feature to find, listen, and vote for podcasts. If you haven’t used Digg before, check out their site. It is one of the best places to find news stories. Users of Digg submit and vote on stories, which results in the most interesting [...]

There is a great new story I just read about an unnamed ROPA orchestra and a funny thing that happened during an audition. I am definitely a fan of funny audition stories. Check it out on E.C.D.’s Dragons and Princesses blog here.

This note was on the stands of the entire orchestra at a gig I played last night. It was for a piece that we hadn’t rehearsed but would be playing as an encore that night. This was the flowchart describing which repeats to take and which parts came in what order. The [...]

Tim Pearson recently sent me a link to this Wilbur Hall video. Check out Wilbur’s crazy shoes, and see if you can count how many quotes he throws in here:

Readers will now be able to see all of my posts on higher education and on freelancing by clicking on the appropriate tabs at the top of this blog. I plan on writing much more about these topics, so you will now be able to access all of these posts with the tabs.
If you [...]

There is quite a discussion going on in the comments for a recent post on Michael Hovnanian’s CSO Bass Blog. Michael mentioned that the Chicago Symphony has made their ‘Welcome Yule’ concerts a required part of the season rather than a “members of” optional service. This prompted many comments from people pointing [...]

The Google Operating System blog recently reviewed the 12 biggest developments for Google in 2006. This is a great post that is definitely worth checking out.
One of the most interesting aspects of this post is the way in which search results are censored in China. Here are the results you get if you [...]

Here is a little mid-80s nostalgia for the holiday season: