Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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Just got home from a party. Outlining this week’s blog posts. #
Posted ‘My Crazy Stand Partner’ to blip.tv: http://blip.tv/file/570167 #
Uploading some video and sketching out more video blog posts for the week. #
Heading for bed after a long day of playing bass, hanging with friends, and blogging. #
Heading out for the last run [...]

My Crazy Stand Partner
Jason chats about a very entertaining stand partner he works with, plus offers some advice for keepi
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The December crush of activity has finally ebbed–only one more New Year’s gig to do this week, and I’m done with performances for a week or two.

After a solid six weeks of wall-to-wall gigs, I’m ready for a break. I’ve really dialed back the driving this year (becoming slightly less of a road warrior [...]

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Jason chats about a very entertaining stand partner he works with, plus offers some advice for keeping relations with your colleagues cordial in the orchestral environment.

Wrapping up this week’s podcast. #
Checking in with what’s happening in the music blogosphere. #
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Publishing this week’s podcast with Owen Lee. #
Playing Orange Box on Xbox with Courtney. #
I’ve got an early rehearsal at Symphony Center today. Playing lots of waltzes and polkas all day today. #
Looking forward to a fun day of [...]

 

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We’re chatting with Cincinnati Symphony principal bassist Owen Lee today on Contrabass Conversations. Owen played for the New World Symphony and the Houston Symphony prior to his appointment with the Cincinnati Symphony, and it was a real pleasure to do this interview along with Contrabass Conversations regular collaborator John Grillo.
John, Owen, and I [...]

Home after playing the last Nutcracker of the season! #
Heading for bed after watching some more ‘Live Free or Die Hard’. Silly but fun movie. #
Editing this week’s podcast with Cincinnati Symphony principal bassist Owen Lee. #
Heading out to teach and play a waltz concert rehearsal. #
Editing this week’s podcast between bass lessons. #

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Jazz.com
Great resource and community site for jazz musicians. I can’t believe that I [...]

Audience members may be completely unaware of this, but there is a lot of wacky stuff going on in a pit that would probably never happen in an onstage performance. There’s just something about being located 6-10 feet below floor level that unleashes something in musicians. At least, it does in some [...]

Just had an interesting chat with a speechwriter for the Libertarian party. #
Hanging with Angel the cat. #
Watching ‘Live Free or Die Hard’ with Courtney. #
Doing a little late night blog maintenance. #
Organizing this week’s podcast and looking with dismay at the snowy forecast for today. #
More podcast editing. #
Walking through horrible death snow in [...]