Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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Here’s an ultra straightforward poll–where do you usually read this blog?  I’m always interested in how people prefer to access this content (mobile, home, school, work, etc).

Now here’s an event that I would love to attend!  The Hawaii Contrabass Festival is an event sponsored by the Hawaii American String Teachers Association (HASTA with NSOA), and it will run from March 24-30, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Faculty members include:

Adam Baron
Jeffrey Beecher
Gerald Clayton
John Clayton
Shawn Conley [...]

Vito Liuzzi, the Italian bassist who runs xbass.org, recently wrote in to let me know about a new DVD from the fabulous ensemble The Bass Gang.  We’ve blogged about this group in the past here, and I’m looking forward to checking out this DVD in the near future.  Check out a preview of it here.

I’d like to thank my student Daniel Chmielinski for putting together a great new background for my YouTube page. You can check it out here. In addition to being a fine bass player in both the jazz and classical spheres, Daniel is a talented photographer, graphic designer, and filmmaker. He also runs [...]

Playing Lego Star Wars and Half-Life 2 with Courtney. #
Watching ‘Scrubs’ with Courtney. #
Watching Hulu with Courtney. #
Writing some blog posts for the rest of the week. #
Doing some blogging between lessons today. #
It’s ridiculously cold out! Why would anyone choose to live here? #

Great music making doesn’t need surtitles
Via Pliable: “”I completely agree with you, but can’t say so publicly because I depend on work from the BBC” is a message I am receiving with increasing frequency. And the confidential messages are coming from some surprisingly high profile personalities.
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JC Strikes A Pose
Great Carreras [...]

Chicago-area bassist Ben Huff has been a helpful contributor for both the bass blog and Contrabass Conversations over the past year.  He recently let me know that he had started a bass blog of his own.  I’ve been checking it out, and it is full of interesting reflections on studying the bass, looking for an [...]

 

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I’d like to let folks know about ArsAntiguaPresents.com, a new project launched by Jerry Fuller. This is a monthly podcast featuring performances of early music by members of the Ars Antigua ensemble. Each one of these productions is narrated by Peter Van De Graff and is around 15 minutes long. I am [...]

Our cats have quite the happy little life over here at blog HQ. They recently got some fun new items for Christmas, although simple objects like ribbons keep them captivated for long periods of time:

I couldn’t resist snapping a bunch of photos with the kitties and their new toys!

 Inside The Arts, the cultural blogging exchange run by Adaptistration blogger Drew McManus, just got a really slick makeover to go along with the addition of Chicago Opera Theater General Director Brian Dickie to the Inside The Arts lineup.

As you can see, there are separate areas for Drew, John, Joe, Brian, Bill and Ron, and [...]