Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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My limited German prevents me from giving much information about this video, but check it out. It’s very finely crafted and is a pleasure to watch. Guanaco passed this along to me via Michas Cellopages:

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No matter how many years I’ve done it, I still get a thrill after coming home from a concert, my body temperature elevated from the music and the excitement of the moment. The sound of an audience clapping and cheering is always a great way to end a night, and this feedback keeps me [...]

I just installed a very cool new feature just underneath the podcast interface. The EveryZing widget allows you to search all podcast episodes for search terms. This service is a speech-to-test transcription and search service which works incredibly well, and since the audio being searched is previously cached, results come back fast–basically as [...]

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more bass content tomorrow…

I will be appearing on The Engaging Brand podcast as an interview guest in the coming weeks! Here’s a description of what this program is all about (from their website):
The Engaging Brand - for leaders and managers who want a powerful personal leadership brand, improving their career prospects and building an employer brand to [...]

I conducted an interview with Minnesota Orchestra bassist Colin Corner earlier this week. Colin just finished his first season in this great ensemble, and he was previously a member of the Vancouver Symphony and Louisiana Philharmonic. We chatted about practicing, life in these various ensembles, basses, bows, strings, and similar topics. Look [...]

Grant Park Symphony bassist John Floeter recently wrote a post about the difference in audience and orchestra enjoyment of pops concerts. Reflecting on a summer concert with The Decemberists, he writes:

I’ve played lots of rock concerts in the backup orchestra, and usually it’s a very uncomfortable experience with repetitive parts, deafening sound despite earplugs, [...]

I’d like to thank people for the positive comments about Ranaan Meyer’s Czardas video, which we put out as a Contrabass Conversations episode yesterday. If you’re a subscriber, then you also received this video on the podcast feed. If you aren’t a subscriber, please consider doing so! It’s free, and having more [...]

The Moutin Reunion Quartet live in performance. I wonder who was up close and personal enough to snap this photo?
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Moutin Reunion Quartet, originally uploaded by Stephane Marion.
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