Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

I am a big fan of gig stories from classical musicians (you can read my own stories here). I had an e-mail sent to me a little while back letting me know about bassist Justin Locke and his book of classical music gig stories titled Real Men Don’t Rehearse. I’ll include ordering [...]

There was a very cute cat post from Gizmodo recently. The author’s cat (shown below) Anya is really into this thing. Anya looks a lot like my cat Dan, and they seem to share the same curiosity about strange mechanical things.
Here’s a video of Anya versus the giant dragonfly. I love [...]

Double bassist Jacque Harper recently sent me a link to Stuff On My Cat, one of the greatest cat websites out there. I’ve loved looking at this website for a long time. Non-cat lovers may not realize that when a cat is sleepy, they often become totally unconcerned with what their human is doing to [...]

Not bass-related, not music-related, not even cat-related….but it is still a whole lot of fun. Check out this video. If you haven’t seen Ask a Ninja before, you’re in for a treat. If you have, you’ll really love this one.

Dark Roasted Blend recently did a post about unusual musical scores which I found very interesting. Check out their complete post for more of these images.

Some people remarked on my use of the term ‘chud’ when describing former Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor Daniel Barenboim in a recent post. I was kidding around with the term, but in case anyone was wondering about the exact definition, here it is (via Wikipedia):
Chud is a term referring to urban homeless people, especially [...]

I wrote a post in the fall of 2006 highlighting the rehearsal process of the famous ‘Trout’ Quintet documentary from 1969 featuring Daniel Barenboim on piano, Itzhak Perlman on violin, Pinchas Zuckerman on viola, Jacqueline du Pré on cello, and Zubin Mehta on double bass.
Check my old post out here. In addition to the [...]

Violinist Holly Mulcahy sent me a link to this incredibly cute video featuring Nora the cat. This cat is pretty talented at the piano, all things considered. I don’t own a piano, but I have ot wonder if my kitties would be as into playing as Nora obviously is.

I can’t remember what originally drew me to Dictionaraoke.org, but it is a really fun site and massively addictive. Featuring cheesy MIDI accompaniments and synthesized vocals for a ton of pop songs, you can literally lose hours hearing these fun renditions of tunes.
Check out ‘Take On Me’, the 80s classic by the band a-ha. [...]

Anyone who has spent any time working in an office (I worked in the legal department of Citibank off and on for a few years) can relate to the fantastic movie Office Space. I had a link sent to me recently from YouTube in which someone recut Office Space to make it look like [...]