Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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Double bassist and early music specialist Jerry Fuller turns the tables and interviews Jason about his perspective on playing early music in this episode. Jerry Fuller recently launched ArsAntiguaPresents.com, a monthly podcast featuring performances of early music with Jerry and the Ars Antigua ensemble.

Hanging with the ISB board in Dallas. We just had a dynamite Chinese meal–loads of fun! #
In the middle of a board meeting. #

 

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Jason chats about the state of affairs for Contrabass Conversations after one year of podcasting and offers goals for 2008 in this brief episode.

Getting packed for my trip to Dallas tomorrow. #
Just finished up a presentation for the ISB. Now I’m playing a little Bioshock! #
Watching a trashy but fun Anthony Hopkins thriller from 2007 with Courtney. I’ve got to get up at 4 a.m. tomorrow–uugh. #
Up at 4 a.m. to go catch a plane to Dallas. [...]

CBC 55: Owen Lee interview and music
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.
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Certified Year-End List-Free! - list about Liszt
Funny and strange top 10 list about Liszt from [...]

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All things being equal, it is almost always a better deal to accept in-town work rather than out-of-town work as a freelancer.  The pay is usually better, the hours are usually shorter, and the artistic quality is usually higher.
The one big bummer with working "in-town", at least in Chicago, [...]

Spokane Symphony bassist Stephen Swanson forwarded a link to these New York Times letters to the editor concerning the recent story by Dan Wakin and James Oestreich on the Seattle Symphony:
To the Editor:
Re “In Seattle, a Fugue for Orchestra and Rancor” by Daniel J. Wakin and James R. Oestreich [Dec. 16]:
The implication that I was [...]

Editing two short podcast episodes for this week. #
Playing Lego Star Wars with Courtney. #
Heading for bed to get ready for a full day of blogging, teaching, and other business tomorrow. #
Getting ready to go face sub-zero temperatures again. I’m on the Chicago El for the first time in a while. #
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Adaptistration: State Of The Blog: Adaptistration Turns Four
Drew McManus fills readers in with a ‘State of the Union’ post about Adaptistration.
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Letterman’s Back, With a Greeting From Clinton - New York Times
Letterman’s back: “David Letterman officially made his return to late-night television just after 4:30 on Wednesday afternoon, when he [...]

I am taking off tomorrow for a board meeting for the International Society of Bassists, and I can’t wait to get out of this frigid cold and into a more moderate climate.  The high for Dallas is over 70 degrees Fahrenheit during my time there–a welcome change from the sub-zero temperatures we’ve been having here [...]