Classic posts: master class reflections

If you’ve been to a master class recently and would like to write something in this vein for the blog, feel free to email it to me (jasonheath -at- doublebassblog.org) and I’ll put it up as a guest post.  In the meantime, check out these classics: Master...

off to Peru

While many of you will be at the International Society of Bassists convention (and if you are, please send me photos, videos, reflections, etc–I’ll put them up on the blog), I’ll be traveling to Peru and seeing sights such as Machu Piccu and Lake...

Ableton Artist: Kid Beyond

Another great example of using Live, this time as a looper. The newest version of Live has this built in as a standard audio effect, so you can use it with a foot switch just like a looping guitar pedal:

“Last Night The Moon Came” Jon Hassell

As I get ready to teach electronic music, I continue to find fascinating performances everywhere in this genre.  Here’s a video that one of my DePaul students hipped me to when I told him that I was digging into Ableton Live.  Featuring Jon Hassell and some...