Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

This song is pretty tech-centric, but I think it’s awesome. Set to Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’, it is a great parody of the current technology bubble we’re experiencing (or not experiencing, depending on your point of view). The section about a minute in about blogging definitely hits home!
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You’ve just gotta love this profession. No matter how many roadblocks get tossed in their path, musicians always seem to find a way around them, taking things in stride and laughing about it later with each other over either coffee or beer (depending on the hour!). Whether it’s butchering the Messiah by whacking [...]

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At least someone’s having fun in this winter weather.

Tai Shan in the Snow, originally uploaded by Simba on 17th.

 

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I blogged this about the same time last year, but Alex Ross reminded me of this fantastically amusing musical disaster. Although I like to think of my Nutcracker disaster story as a great holiday mishap, this one really takes the cake. My recent slip & slide three mile run [...]

My student Ian Hallas, who has appeared on the blog before playing the Bottesini Concerto, just sent me this fun cat video. It’s a popular one (over 2 million views), but this is the first time I’ve seen it. I love standing cats…

It’s early December and I am knee deep in Messiah season, pumping them out on a daily basis for ensembles all across Chicagoland. 
Messiah Messiah Messiah Messiah Messiah….I eat, drink, and breathe this piece morning, noon, and night this time of year.  Just what I think I’ve escaped, it pulls me back in with yet [...]

Cute With Chris (www.cutewithchris.com) is pretty much one of my favorite shows ever. Chris is hilarious, and anyone who likes pets, Canadians, and sardonic humor (or any combination of the three) will love this show. This is a great cat-themed Christmas episode, and I hope you get a kick out of it.

Chicago Sinfonietta bassist and Birch Creek Music Festival instructor Alan Steiner sent me this fun video recently about what to do on Christmas if you’re Jewish.  From www.brandonwalkermusic.com.

DBB.org regular contributor Benjy sent me a link to this very fun video featuring Sid Caesar and Nanette Fabray pantomiming an argument with the first movement of Beethoven’s 5th symphony as a soundtrack. Sid Ceaser was a live sketch comedy pioneer in the 1950s with his sitcoms Your Show of Shows and Ceaser’s Hour.
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This photo can’t help but remind me about the story that I wrote earlier in 207 titled Bugs Bunny is My Mortal Enemy. I actually just started working on this post as a Story Time audio episode for Contrabass Conversations. I love putting these things together, and while they take time to [...]