Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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I recently did an interview with my friend John Grillo. This interview will be featured on the next episode of Contrabass Conversations, and it should be a real pleasure for people to hear.
John also sent me a CD of his recent double bass recital, and I will be incorporating some of these tracks into [...]

Matt Heller recently wrote about a lesson he had with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra bassist Don Palma. Mr. Palma was a clinician for the New World Symphony recently, and he was working with the double bassists in this orchestra. Matt compares tempi of different recordings of the Bach 3rd Suite Bourrees and discusses [...]

Here is an interesting post from the Chicago Classical Music blog. Bass vocalist Jonathan Miller gives some tips for thinking about intonation in the lower register, and his comments apply to the double bass as well:
First and foremost: sing squarely in the middle of the pitch. Most bass notes work well with [...]

My ‘real life’ (although I certainly consider this blog a part of my real life) has been getting in the way of my writing over the past month, making it difficult to create new content and make improvements to the blog. Fortunately, my schedule is easing up slightly starting next week, and I am [...]

This is a fun video from two guys with a lot of free time on their hands. I like how the letters melt off of the paper about one minute into the video.

 

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My great friend and excellent double bass and viola da gamba performer and pedagogue Phillip W. Serna is the guest for this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. There is also a track from Eastman School of Music student and double bassist Scott Worthington titled ‘Disrepresentation’, plus some general bass news and music from Phillip [...]

Here are five more podcasts (in no particular order) that I really enjoy. Follow any of the links to find out more about these shows.
Buzz Out Loud - This funny, lighthearted take on the daily tech news from CNET’s Veronica Belmont, Molly Wood, and Tom Merritt. It has a loyal and active fan [...]

Here are some short clips of Miloslav Gajdos & Guy Tuneh performing Giovanni Bottesini`s “Nel cor più non mi sento”. What great sound and artistry from these two musicians!

Check out 2000 Bloggers. This is a pretty cool page–click on any of the photos to visit that person’s blog. This is an interesting way to find blogs you’ve never heard of.

I just paid my first visit to The Philadelphia Orchestra Online Music Store on the recommendation of my friend John Grillo. This, to me, is an example of a musical organization really offering a progressive product.
Why is this a better model for an orchestra than simply selling music through iTunes, eMusic, or other such [...]