Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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The International Society of Bassists (I’m a member of the board of directors for this organization) has launched a survey designed to help shape the way in which they distribute content (both offline and online).  Taking this survey will help us to decide how to best move forward in line with member preferences.
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I chat on this video about an overly enthusiastic fan at a recent concert featuring Broadway singer Linda Eder.  Notice my cat Angel right behind my head–I was completely unaware of her there.

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Double bassist Kirsten Paige forwarded me this striking photo of the New York Philharmonic’s bass trunks backstage at the Shanghai Grand Theater during a recent tour. NY Phil bassist Bill Blossom can be seen in the background opening up his trunk. No bassist in their right mind would use these metal coffin for [...]

This is a new feature for the doublebassblog.org Virtual Master Class project. Double bassist Ian Hallas has stepped up to the plate and offered up this (and several other) video performances for this project. Leave criticism, advice, practice tips, and the like by clicking on the ‘comments’ link below. We welcome your comments! Please take [...]

 

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We’re continuing our chat with Cincinnati Symphony principal bassist Owen Lee today on Contrabass Conversations. Check out the first segment of this conversation on episode 55 of the program. Owen played for the New World Symphony and the Houston Symphony prior to his appointment with the Cincinnati Symphony, and it was a real [...]

This is a post from National Symphony Orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner.  Jeff also teaches bass at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore and co-authors the blog PeabodyDoubleBass.  Click here for all of Jeff’s doublebassblog.org posts.
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On Monday, we had Audition Day for basses here at Peabody. We heard lots of great bass playing, met [...]

People often ask me how much time I spend working on doublebassblog.org,  Contrabass Conversations, Arts Addict, and my other online endeavors.  While I certainly put in a significant amount of time on all these projects, they have grown organically over time and have interwoven so tightly into my other daily activities (playing and teaching the [...]

 

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Click the player above to hear the next track in the Virtual Master Class Project. This is a recording of an excerpt from Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss. Leave criticism, advice, practice tips, and the like by clicking on the ‘comments’ link below. We welcome you comments! Please take a moment and [...]

Here’s an upcoming double bass event for those in the Boston area:
Longy School of Music
FACULTY ARTIST RECITAL
String Department
presents
Pascale Delache-Feldman, double bass
with
Emmanuel Feldman, cello
Esther Ning-Yau, piano
Music by Jon Deak (B. B. Wolf), Andrew List (Love Dances), Piazzolla (Kicho) and Vivaldi (Double Concerto)
Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
27 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
617-876-0956 [...]

I definitely identify with Laurel and Hardy in this sketch, playing my bass in the snow with little attention from people passing by, goofing around while simultaneously miserable in the winter weather. Add in a long drive to this ‘gig’ and you’ve captured my life to a T.