Archive for the 'crazy gig stories' Category
My fancy dancing
Yazan: Jason | 04 January 2013 | No Comments
Categories: crazy gig stories, humor
I had an amusing and somewhat embarrassing incident happen at a teacher event that I attended last year. I was at an all-day music teacher workshop and was having a great time, like I usually do at this annual event. The whole day consists of hour-long clinics and sessions on a variety of topics, from teaching motion in string [...]
A Tale of Double Bass Destruction
Yazan: Jason | 22 March 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, crazy gig stories
A painful tale from a reader: Dear Jason, Inspired by stories of bass destruction in your blog, and especially Adam’s latest story, I felt an urge to share my own personal trauma. A few months after I bought my first bass, I was on my way home from a gig as a young jazz player. [...]
From the Blog Archive » Flowers for Linda Eder
Yazan: Jason | 17 December 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, crazy gig stories, humor
From the archives–a story about a very strange little man who managed to disrupt a massive concert hall filled with people. Also includes a video version of the story. Have a good wekend! Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog » Blog Archive » Flowers for Linda Eder
Adventures in Student Teaching no. 543
Yazan: Jason | 07 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: crazy gig stories, education, humor
A friend of mine from my student teacher training program at DePaul once told me a painfully funny (to me, at least) story from his middle school student teaching days: A bassoonist by trade, this student teacher had been assigned to strong music program in a very posh Chicago suburb. The first week he was [...]
The errant percussionist
Yazan: Jason | 12 April 2010 | No Comments
Categories: crazy gig stories
I can’t seem to keep from getting stuck playing percussion in the most random of situations. And I’m bad at it! As a non-percussionist, you might think that something as “simple” as whacking a drum or banging a chime is trivial (percussionists don’t think this, of course, but those violinists and violists furiously sawing away [...]
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