Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

On An Overgrown Path: Free music - so what’s new?
Pliable discusses the merits of giving away free classical music when prices for recordings (at least in the UK) are already so low.
(tags: overgrown path classical music blog download)

The Life Cycle of a Blog Post, From Servers to Spiders to Suits — to You
Here’s a [...]

Watching the Simpsons with Courtney and trying to get sleepy - early morning tomorrow. #
Taking a micro-break in the middle of a very busy day. Lately, I’m alternating between tons of activity & no activity each for day. #

Goodbye, Columbus Symphony
Norman Lebrecht writes: “A colleague in Columbus, Ohio, has alerted me to a local downturn. The city is planning to shrink its symphony orchestra into a chamber ensemble, abolishing 22 positions and cutting the concert season by half. That, they say, ough
(tags: lebrecht columbus symphony classical music blog)

Adaptistration: When An Academic Exercise Becomes [...]

Watching The Colbert Report with Courtney (and Dan the cat). #
Excited at the near 50 degree high predicted for today! #
Heading out for a run on a pleasantly mild winter afternoon. #
Doing some podcast editing for a special mid-week episode tomorrow. #
Heading out to teach. We’ve got an Elgin Symphony rehearsal tonight. #

Hanging out with Courtney and the cats, watching video podcasts and doing a little CSS programming. #
Cats. #
It’s above freezing today! #
Editing my book (it’s almost done!) before heading out to go teach for the afternoon. #

Doing a little blog navigation work before hanging out with Courtney. My cat Angel is trying to hog my attention and drink my tea. Why? #
Eating tacos and watching Law & Order with Courtney. It’s snowing - again! #
Watching ‘Hard Candy’ with Courtney. #
Publishing this week’s podcast. I just just finished [...]

“People who couldn’t even spell classical are into it now”
Here’s a thoughtful and interesting post from U.K. blogger Jessica Duchen.
(tags: jessica duche n classical music blog)

CBC 60: Lynn Seaton interview and music
This week’s episode features an interview with and music from jazz bassist Lynn Seaton. Lynn teaches at the University of North Texas, and he [...]

Wrapped up an evening of highly informative podcasting with John Grillo. Watching Law & Order with Courtney, bundled up away from the cold. #
Hanging with the cats on a chilly Chicago morning. #
Working today in the home office doing some podcasting and behind-the-scenes blog tweaking. #
Just finished a massive amount of blog interface tweaking, [...]

Adaptistration: Strategic Planning Poll Results
From Drew McManus: “This week’s Adaptistration poll on the value of artistic stakeholder input on an orchestra’s strategic planning process produced results that were both intriguing and not the least bit surprising…”
(tags: adaptistration classical music management blog)

Sticks and Drones: Tears in the Mirror
From Bill Eddins: “Anyone who knows me well knows [...]

Home from Lyric. Had a ridiculously bad drive–1 1/2 hours to go 12 miles! #
Heading out on a very chilly morning to catch the train downtown. #
Just finished teaching a class of the most adorable 2nd graders you’ve ever seen in your life. #
About to record a new podcast episode with co-host John Grillo. [...]