Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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This article was published in the March/April 2007 edition of the Adjunct Advocate. Visit the article on their website here.
This series is currently being turned into a book–coming soon!
This is the first in the series of detailed articles covering the hidden costs associated with freelance work. In this installment I discuss the realities [...]

I’d like to thank Patty Mitchell for mentioning both my pay-per-student post and my Nutcracker story on her recent post from oboeinsight. She mentions a very funny incident from a Nutcracker performance in San Jose. This great story was also told by someone else in the comments of my Nutcracker story. Patty also [...]

I would like to thank Drew McManus for mentioning my recent post on Pay-Per-Student Teaching post on his excellent orchestra management blog Adaptistration. I am really honored to get such high praise from Drew, and I am glad that people are finding this to be useful information. Thanks, Drew!
Positive reception of this information [...]

This Friday evening I will take part in Chicago’s annual Salute to Vienna concert at Symphony Center downtown. I have played in this event for several years, and it is always a lot of fun. The conductor for this year’s event is Sascha Goetzel. Here is an excerpt from Mr. Goetzel’s bio [...]

As 2006 draws to a close I would like to highlight the more significant posts made this year on the Bass Blog. I started this blog a little less than a year ago and for the first six months basically just used it as a student management tool. The content management system that [...]

Recently I have been checking out an interesting pedagogical site called Violinmasterclass.com. This site features some great multimedia resources for both music teachers and students. Here is some information about the site:
Violinmasterclass.com was created for violin professionals, teachers, parents, and students at all levels to enhance the study of playing the violin.
This site [...]

Matt Wengerd recently sent me a link for a photoset from Flickr user cess van de van. This particular set features shots of 147 different (mostly jazz) bassists. These photos tend to be very evocative and artistic. Here is a small sampling:
Click here to view his entire bass photoset.

Matt Wengerd (104 weeks) recently wrote a very detailed post about the many modifications he made to his Rumano Solano bass. This is an interesting post which covers many of the gear modifications that bass players in the United States are doing these days. Matt had a K.C. Strings extension with chromatic stops [...]

I just saw this hair-raising photo set from Dark Roasted Blend. It covers some of the most dangerous road in the world, including:

Most Dangerous Tourist Hiking Trail (China)

Bolivia’s North Yungas Road

Russian Siberian Road to Yakutsk
Check out the complete post about the most dangerous roads here. Dark roasted blend is an excellent blog. [...]

I have decided to quit all of my orchestral work and start a Marimba Queens tribute band. Scott Kreger from the Milwaukee Symphony (and the new double bass instructor and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) sent me this video. Check out the bass player in this band. He has the most fabulous upright slap [...]