Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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Double bassist and Contrabass Conversations guest Guy Tuneh just rolled out a great new redesigned website.  Guy is a rising star in the double bass and classical music community, galvanizing audiences internationally as a soloist under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, in collaboration with Miloslav Gajdos, and in chamber settings with Villa Musica.
We [...]

Matthew Mullenweg created the content management system WordPress (which is what I use to blog).  He is also a jazzer, and he has created a great compendium of jazz quotes–quite likely the only comprehensive online resource available for this topic.  Check out the complete index on Matt’s site here.  Here are some selected quotes [...]

Adaptistration: How To Connect With New Media: Part 2
Drew McManus continues his great series on connecting with new media in this post. He describes RSS in a no-nonsense way and discusses how to genuinely interact with bloggers and other new media figures.
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This extremely cool drawing of the double bass in action was done by cellist Michele Bartos and commissioned by bassist Jonathan Henderson.  You can contact Michele at art.for.geeks@gmail.com for more information or if you’re interested in commissioning one of these for yourself.

We’ve just launched our international listing of double bass teachers.  So far, we’re representing….Illinois and Pennsylvania.  Hmm…..maybe there are some bass teachers outside of these states.  If you’d like to be added to this list, just visit our teacher directory and add yourself to the list.  Though the list is small right now, I am [...]

Matthew Mullenweg created the content management system WordPress (which is what I use to blog). He is also a jazzer, and he has created a great compendium of jazz quotes–quite likely the only comprehensive online resource available for this topic. Check out the complete index on Matt’s site here. Here are some [...]

We’re continuing our occasional forays into the world of electric bass, highlighting some of the masters of the instrument. Today we’re featuring this video of the great Jaco Pastorius, who died at a tragically young age. Who knows how much farther he could have pushed the boundaries of this instrument and propelled himself [...]

The February 2008 edition of International Musician, the monthly publication from the American Federation of Musicians, contains a feature on this site and the various satellite projects that I have developed during these past few years of blogging and podcasting, including Arts Addict, Inside the Arts, and Contrabass Conversations.
This feature contains several references to [...]

The second episode of ArsAntiguaPresents.com launched over the weekend.  This monthly podcast series features performances of early music from the Ars Antigua ensemble, directed by double bassist Jerry Fuller.  Jerry recently interviewed me for the Contrabass Conversations podcast about my experiences playing early music with a contemporary double bass set-up. 
Visit the ArsAntiguaPresents.com website [...]

Italian bassist Vito Liuzzi recently sent me a link to this new video from The Bass Gang’s recent Italian tour. What a great ensemble!