Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

IRIS Orchestra and Dayton Philharmonic pianist Joshua Nemith put up a great post recently on his Cincinnati Pianist Blog about how to practice efficiently by organizing one’s work into 10 minute blocks. He elaborates on a post by Chris Foley (writer for the Collaborative Pianist blog) about how to organize one’s time in [...]

….then check out this video about the state of the festival. It’s kind of like an infomercial for Aspen (it reminds me of the Troy McClure videos from The Simpsons), but it gives you a good idea of what goes on at Aspen, and it may just pump you up for the festival [...]

National Symphony Orchestra Principal Bassist Robert Oppelt just put up a new post on his website covering his approach to the bass solo from the third movement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D Major. Here is an excerpt discussing his fingering approach for the Mahler solo:

So, why is this solo so challenging? [...]

Scott DiTullio, Director of Bands at Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District in Pennsylvania, recently wrote a guest post on MUSicTECHnology.net that has a great deal of relevance to my recent post on reasons why I teach:
I guess when Dr. Creasap first asked me to respond to a question a few months back, that it really did [...]

So where do we go from here? Do we all just turn in our instruments and quit this miserable business? Not me, and not you either, I imagine. We musicians know the value of what we do. We know that our art can change lives, create happiness, inspire greatness in others, [...]

 

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This week on Contrabass Conversations we are concluding the interview with double bassist Kathryn Nettleman that we began on episode 12 of the podcast. Also, this week we feature some jazz bass from Brooklyn musician Kevin Tkacz plus current news on the bass scene. Enjoy!
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CBC 27 Show Notes

Release Date: 7/1/07
Length: 30:28
Website: www.contrabassconversations.com
E-mail: [...]

I found this Washington Post story through a recent post on Alex Ross’ blog The Rest is Noise. According to the Post, federal and state cutbacks prompted Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea’s organization of the Silverlake Conservatory:

Flea (born Michael Balzary) launched Silverlake in 2001, in part because of such cutbacks. He says the [...]

The 2007 International Society of Bassists Convention will be taking place June 4-9 at Wanda L. Bass (fitting name) School of Music on the campus of Oklahoma City University. I imagine that many bass blog readers will be attending this event, and I’d love to hear your experiences during and after the convention. [...]

This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one of the nation’s most exclusive programs. I think readers will find this different perspective on the double bass world and the music [...]

I just found a very good blog about educational technology by a teacher named Elizabeth Davis. This is a subject that may not be of interest to many readers of this blog, but it is something that I am very much into, so check it out if it’s the sort of subject you find [...]