Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

Click to Play

Jason discusses Scott Spiegelberg’s list of top 50 classical music blogs. Check the complete lists out here:

Top 50 classical music blogs - Google
Top 50 classical music blogs - Technorati

I am taking off tomorrow for a board meeting for the International Society of Bassists, and I can’t wait to get out of this frigid cold and into a more moderate climate.  The high for Dallas is over 70 degrees Fahrenheit during my time there–a welcome change from the sub-zero temperatures we’ve been having [...]

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).

Have you turned down a gig due to rising fuel costs this year?
yes
no
View Results

 Loading …

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 [...]

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 [...]

 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 [...]

Taking stock at the end of a calendar year is a natural for most people, and I am certainly no exception.  Things are moving pretty quickly for me in these early years of the 21st century, and I feel like this is doubly true for my blogging and podcasting activities.

I’m in the process of writing an extended article about WordPress the blog management system that I started using predominantly.  It makes blogging much easier and is helping to keep me from being chained to the computer, allowing me to do what I really like: write!
There are three cool things that WordPress does to make [...]

I have been a fan of the service Pageflakes for quite some time. It’s a portal page service, like iGoogle, Netvibes, or My Yahoo, and it allows you to collect various news feeds, add widgets for your e-mail and instant messaging, plus local weather and other such services. This, to me, is a [...]