Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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Blogroll Update, Winter ‘07-’08
Good list of music blogs from The Concert.
(tags: classical music blog)

Reader’s Digest: Loud Asia!
Very interesting post from PY about how the noise level in many Asian cities is well above a range considered safe by the World Health Organization.
(tags: PY classical music bass blog)

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Originally uploaded by mark lorch

This cool shot looks like something out of a Western. Bass players on the frontier!

The audio’s a little shady on this video, but the upright slap chops are top-notch. Check it out!

Hanging out with the family and editing cat videos. #
Uploading cat videos and writing blog posts for tomorrow. #
Watching ‘Cute With Chris’, one of my favorite video podcasts! #
Courtney just installed Leopard on her MacBook - an amazingly trouble-free process. #
Watching Season 2 of The Sopranos with Courtney and my brother. #
Heading for bed to [...]

While strolling around campus recently, I couldn’t help noticing the sorry state of the exterior of the Music Administration Building on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus.  Being a graduate of this institution (B.M. 1998, M.M. 2000), it saddens me to see how shabby things are at present on campus.  My uncle attended the Northwestern music school [...]

My kitties love their cat stroller. They come running up to it crying to go for a ride all the time. Both of them will gladly tolerate very hot and very cold days to get their kitty walk in!

Bass section
Originally uploaded by exceptbasses

Left to Right: Kathleen Anderson, Marilyn Parman, Peter Gallanis, Bettylu, Bill Childs, Jeff Brooks, D.T.

Heading out to see ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ with the family. #
Got home from ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ - great movie! #
Posted ‘Jason chats about Chris Thelkreld’s new bass model’ to blip.tv: http://blip.tv/file/561248 #
Watching bad Star Wars shorts with Courtney. #
Watching Hulu.com with Courtney. #
Just woke up–going to hang out with family and have fun in Chicago [...]

Ionarts: Top 10 Live Performances
Top ten live performances in D.C. from 2007.
(tags: ion arts classical music blog)

5 Good Musician New Year’s Resolutions
Some good advice for practicing from b5media blogger Arjun Muralidharan.
(tags: music practicing good musician Arjun Muralidharan)

CBC 53: Peter Seymour interview and music from Project
This week we feature the first half of an interview with [...]

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Iowa City double bass luthier Chris Thelkreld-Wiegend recently brought a new bass he had completed to Chicago for folks to check out. It’s a small bass–more like a 5/8 size than a 3/4 size, which is an interesting departure for Chris. I share my thoughts on this new bass in this [...]