Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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This article was published in the March/April 2007 edition of the Adjunct Advocate. Visit the article on their website here.
This series is currently being turned into a book–coming soon!
This is the first in the series of detailed articles covering the hidden costs associated with freelance work. In this installment I discuss the [...]

I’d like to thank Patty Mitchell for mentioning both my pay-per-student post and my Nutcracker story on her recent post from oboeinsight. She mentions a very funny incident from a Nutcracker performance in San Jose. This great story was also told by someone else in the comments of my Nutcracker story. Patty [...]

I would like to thank Drew McManus for mentioning my recent post on Pay-Per-Student Teaching post on his excellent orchestra management blog Adaptistration. I am really honored to get such high praise from Drew, and I am glad that people are finding this to be useful information. Thanks, Drew!
Positive reception of this information [...]

As 2006 draws to a close I would like to highlight the more significant posts made this year on the Bass Blog. I started this blog a little less than a year ago and for the first six months basically just used it as a student management tool. The content management system that [...]

Recently I have been checking out an interesting pedagogical site called Violinmasterclass.com. This site features some great multimedia resources for both music teachers and students. Here is some information about the site:
Violinmasterclass.com was created for violin professionals, teachers, parents, and students at all levels to enhance the study of playing the violin.
This site [...]

After following a link on a recent oboeinsight post, I discovered this very funny trombone teacher doll fake ad from HotBrass.info:

Classical Trombone Teacher Doll:
* Polyester pants, golf shirt, and golf hat. * Tuxedo - Only available with Gigging Trombone Teacher Doll (supplies limited)
Jazz Trombone Teacher Doll:
[...]

Here is a great shot courtesy of Greg Sarchet featuring the great double bass pedagogue Franz Simandl in full ceremonial dress. I especially like the sword he has on his belt. That Simandl was one fearsome bass teacher–one false move in your bass lesson with him could have proved to be your last.

Having recently resigned from two adjunct university positions, I feel the urge to share some of my concerns about how such positions are administrated at many universities in the United States. These concerns are based on my own experiences as an adjunct double bass instructor and upon many conversations with colleagues at other universities. [...]

I recently discovered this site devoted to the great double bassist François Rabbath. It was created by one of Rabbath’s relatives and is a great place to start learning about this double bass virtuoso and master pedagogue. It contains a links page to recordings and publications, information about news and workshops, and a [...]

I recently found this video of double bassist Jeff Bradetich playing the Gigue from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 on YouTube:

Here is a quote from Jeff’s bio:
Proclaimed by the New York Times as “the master of his instrument,” Jeff Bradetich is regarded as one of the leading performers and teachers of [...]