Archive for the 'blogging' Category
Composers and YouTube
Yazan: Jason | 07 July 2011 | No Comments
Categories: blogging
Here’s a rumination from composer Chip Clark on YouTube and getting your music heard in the 21st century: Recently, I’ve been writing a series of posts entitled “What kind of Classical Music Should I Write?” Part of the reason for this series is to better understand the quest to be heard. Putting black dots on [...]
The dangers of storytelling
Yazan: Jason | 28 June 2011 | No Comments
Categories: blogging
By the way, if any readers ever want to submit a story of their own (many have been published here from readers over the years), just email it to me (jasonheath -at- doublebassblog.org) and I’ll put it out. You get a lot of views.. Losing my Anonymity – I think that down deep I always [...]
When not to speak up
Yazan: Jason | 27 June 2011 | No Comments
Categories: blogging
This first story is a really painful story of me attempting to change things on a gig through “approved” channels. It didn’t turn out so well. My Big Stupid Mouth – I rarely speak up or complain on gigs. This story is about a time when I decided to speak up, gripe, and complain, and [...]
They made me conduct violas
Yazan: Jason | 24 June 2011 | No Comments
Categories: blogging
I quit writing teaching stories after I became a high school teacher (though I certainly have not quit having story-worthy experiences, rest assured), but here’s one from back in my private teaching days about finding myself conducting a high school orchestra (and another couple stories to boot below): They Locked Me Inside and Made Me [...]
Classic: Panic on the Podium
Yazan: Jason | 23 June 2011 | No Comments
Categories: blogging
I wonder how many of the people featured in these stories have stumbled upon them? Panic on the Podium – When you think about it, isn’t it amazing that a group of musicians can ever play together in a symphonic setting? Honestly, having all those different instruments, from tuba to tympani, with all those methods [...]
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