Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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Here is a video sent to me by Jeremy Marino featuring a guy creating a sort of bass out of balloons:

French bassist Louis-Michel Marion recently got in touch with me after checking out my blog. He has a website himself that is extremely interesting and very artistic. I’m not sure whether to call it a blog or not, but it is set up like a blog, with a new post each week. [...]

I didn’t realize that Emily From Rantings of a Kontrabasssist is also playing in the Singapore bass quartet video I posted yesterday. Two bloggers in one quartet–not bad!

Michael Hovnanian recently put up a new post on his CSO Bass Blog with some left hand exercises he has been practicing. It looks like good stuff. I remember working on materials like this when I was studying with Michael. Note the use of the third finger in the low positions for [...]

My bass blogging buddy PY sent me a link to her Singaporean bass quartet rehearsing an Irving Berlin rag. They are all amateur bassists from Singapore, and I think it sounds great. I hope theyalso put up pieces from the concert on YouTube.

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Contrabass Conversations Episode 2 - Audition news and more.release date: 1/8/07show length: 27:43

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Here is an unusual piece–this duet was originally written for either violin and cello or else as a duet for two kazoos! This performance is by violinist Perry Ho and bassist Jacky Wu. They recently performed the piece at the Canadian Contemporary Music Showcase.

I have been doing some work on my download offerings from this blog, adding some new materials (new scales from John Floeter, blank sheet music). I am planning on adding a large number of downloadable double bass MIDI practice tracks. This makes much more sense than putting up Finale or Sibelius files. [...]

In this second installment of my series on professional freelance life as a musician, I would like to offer some commentary on trends that I see in the world of professional classical music performance. This installment of the series is geared toward orchestral performance. Other musicians, educators, and industry professionals may find value [...]