New Podcast Tracks by Bjorn Berkhout

I just added two new tracks to my podcast Jason Heath’s Double Bass Performances. They are both live cuts or pieces that I premiered by the composer Bjorn Berkhout. Bjorn is a member of the Loyola University faculty and is an internationally recognized composer....

Google Mars

I’ve been playing with Google Mars recently. Click on the picture of Mars to try it out. You can zoom in fairly close and move the map around like Google Earth. Also, try switching between elevation, visible, and infrared modes. technorati tags: google, earth,...

Catalysts & Connections

I just added a really excellent music education blog to my Blogroll. It is called Catalysts & Connections, and it covers all sorts of topics in the field of music education. Check out a recent post here. Evan Tobias is the author of the blog, and he also maintains...

Airline Travel Woes

Polyphonic.org has an informative new post from Eric Beers, contract administrator for the Symphonic Services Division of the American Federation of Musicians. Flying with the bass (or any musical instrument) has grown increasingly more difficult with each year after...

More Advice on Flying with Your Bass

Polyphonic.org has an informative new post from Eric Beers, a member of the Symphonic Services Division of the American Federation of Musicians. Flying with the bass (or any musical instrument) has grown increasingly more difficult with each year after 9/11. In 1997...