Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

Phoenix Symphony and Grant Park Symphony bassist Jonathan Imsande outlined a really outstanding project idea to me this summer, and I’ve spent the last several weeks pondering exactly how this sort of thing would work.  I know that is has enormous philanthropic potential, and I’ve held my blog tongue until I could mentally hash [...]

We just added a new instrument to the bass blog For Sale page.  This bass is being sold by Maurice Clubb of the Pacific Northwest Ballet and Tacoma Symphony.  Check out the For Sale page for more information (plus photos) of this bass.
Here’s a neat shot of a Jim Hamm (maker of the Gary [...]

This is the last installment in our series of virtual lessons with Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist Andy Anderson. We hope you’ve enjoyed this series, and we’ll be rolling all the videos up this week into a dedicated player, allowing you to watch the entire lesson series from beginning to end. This feature [...]

This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode continues Andy’s discussion of spiccato strokes, and it should prove to be quite informative.
You can view all the released episodes of this series (as well as all of our other blog/podcast bass videos) [...]

This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode delves into the topic of spiccato–a topic that we’ll be exploring in depth in the following few episodes of this virtual lesson series.
You can view all the released episodes of this series (as [...]

 

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This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features the conclusion of our interview with double bassist Michael Hovnanian. Click here to listen to Michael’s previous episodes (CBC 24 and 29). Michael has been a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1989, and he serves as the president of Discordia Music (double bass music publisher). [...]

This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode delves into the topic of spiccato–a topic that we’ll be exploring in depth in the following few episodes of this virtual lesson series.
You can view all the released episodes of this series (as [...]

This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode covers developing articulation in the bow.
You can view all the released episodes of this series (as well as all of our other blog/podcast bass videos) in the bass blog video player in the [...]

We’ve had a really enthusiastic response to our Ranaan Meyer interview episode (featuring a healthy amount of music from the excellent band Time for Three) and video episode of Ranaan playing his tune I’m Tryin’.  In fact, we’ve been getting great responses to all of our recent (and previous) Contrabass Conversations projects, including our Orchestral [...]

This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode covers techniques used in articulation and connecting long notes.
You can view all the released episodes of this series (as well as all of our other blog/podcast bass videos) in the bass blog video [...]