Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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I fell backwards into teaching, making it one of the core components of my professional life without even realizing it. If I had been more perceptive, in fact, I probably would have resisted, kicking and screaming every inch of the way.
Why?
Well, I come from a family of teachers. My mom is a teacher, [...]

Joshua Nemith (pianist for the IRIS Orchestra and Dayton Philharmonic) wrote a very interesting post recently on his Cincinnati Pianist Blog:
It was announced earlier this week that CCM’s dean Doug Lowry has resigned from CCM and will move on to take the helm of dean at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. [...]

There is a great post on Adventures of an Idaho Violist highlighting ways that conductors can alienate their musicians. Here are a few items from the list:
3) Singing an articulation (daaah) is always more effective than using a descriptive term (legato)
4) If a section leader has a question upon stopping, ignore them to give [...]

Here is a video of Benjamin Zander–author and conductor of The Boston Philharmonic–being interviewed about his work, transformation, leadership, Landmark Education and the Landmark Forum. This is a great example of how one can use techniques learned from classical music and apply them in a business/motivational setting.

I can’t seem to remember where I originally [...]

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Check out this wild bass video from the French bass ensemble Trio bass’in, sent in to me by ensemble member Gilles Rivière. This group is awesome! Check them out as they tear through all sorts of musical numbers in full costume. Bassists David Cadiou and Olivier Quesne make up this ensemble along [...]

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The 5th annual Boston Bass Bash will be happening this summer from June 29 through July 9. Here is more information from Artistic Director Pascale Delache-Feldman:
Dear Bassists,
I am very excited to invite you to the 5th annual Boston Bass Bash! The BBB 2007 will be held from June 29 to July 1 at [...]

Aaron Burman e-mailed me a link to this great video featuring a kitten getting really excited by Frontrow on a Mac laptop. I have seen this video before, but it was before I was blogging (or before I was including cat videos on the blog, at least), so I thought people would get a [...]

Bass blog reader Rúben Meirelles e-mailed me recently wondering if there are any shops in the Miami, Florida area that carry Realist Bass Transducers. If any readers know where Rúben can find a Realist in Miami, could you leave a comment on this post? Thanks!