Actually, this post could quite easily be framed as a question rather than a statement: how do you, the reader, use, access, and derive value from this site? Though I’ve posed this question on polls in the site (and have gotten very interesting results),...
The nasty cold and never ending snowstorms seem to have finally ebbed for this season (knock on wood!). What a winter! I seem to have become fixated on the bad weather this season, and for good reason! While in the bookstore a few days ago, I passed by this enticing...
Jazz bassist Ben Allison will be in Chicago performing at both the Green Mill and the Chicago Cultural Center this weekend. Details follow. Check out one of these performances if you can! _____________ MARCH 13 – CHICAGO, ILChicago Cultural Center,...
When you think about it, isn’t it amazing that a group of musicians can ever play together in a symphonic setting? Honestly, having all those different instruments, from tuba to tympani, with all those methods of sound production, from blowing to plucking,...
I am a big fan of Twitter, putting up daily posts about whatever I’m busy doing. I think of my Twitter account (twitter.com/jasonheath) as my personal blog, with doublebassblog.org and artsaddict.com being more business-oriented web sites rather than traditional...