Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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I realize the season is long past, but I think that double bassists out there will still enjoy this Christmas medley arranged for double bass nonet by Miloslav Gajdos.

This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an interview and musical performances from double bassist John Grillo. John has got some great insight into the world of the bass, and this interview was both a lot of fun to do and very informative and interesting.
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My most recent installment in my series on freelancing features a discussion of the emergence of the the modern symphony orchestra as a full-time employer. If you are interested in the details of modern orchestral funding and the implications of this kind of model, check out ‘Who Killed Classical Music?’ by Norman Lebrecht. [...]

The regular Jingle Cats video is pretty addictive (I still watch it and sing along even though it’s now February), but check out the Jingle Cats disco remix:

This series is based on my own experiences as a professional freelance classical orchestral musician. While everyone has a slightly (or vastly) different individual path in the freelance world, I believe that these experiences reflect what a growing majority of orchestral freelancers are dealing with in their professional lives.
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I found this great video Kevin Terraciano put together for his history class featuring ‘They Might Be Giants’ singing their song about James K. Polk:

James K. Polk was unpleasant, ruthless, and somewhat evil, but his acquisition of the American Southwest and Oregon territory (California would be the 6th largest economy in the world if [...]

I gave a talk on podcasting for a Technology for the Music Educator class at DePaul University in Chicago last night. It is an interesting experience (and a novel one for me) to talk about this subject in front of people. I am used to talking about music and double bass for hours [...]

Matt Wengerd of 104 Weeks recently started a blog for the University of South Florida jazz department. This is a really great use of Blogger in my eyes. One can put up photos, links, text, and the like just like a regular webpage, and Blogger allows for easy collaboration on blogs, allowing multiple [...]