Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog & Contrabass Conversations
Hey everyone! I was on Jason’s Contrabass Conversations this week. Check it out! Thanks Jason! Here’s his release info: In keeping with the thematic weeks of episode releases in 2016, I’m calling this...
View Article“Le Bass” Preamp from Two Notes Audio Engineering
I recently bought the Le Bass preamp from Two Notes Audio Engineering from Sweetwater Music. I was looking for a tube based preamp that actually used the tube. Many amps and preamps have a ‘token’...
View Article20 Things Chicago will miss about Jason Heath
Jason is good friend of mine. We’ve played together in many orchestras over the years and he student taught with me when I was getting his education degree. He’s moving out to California and he did...
View ArticleCBC 224: Peter Tambroni on Student-Centered Teaching and Life Planning
Check out Contrabass Conversations Episode 224 with yours truly! A huge thank you to Jason Heath for having me on again! From ContrabassConversations.com on what we discuss: Today’s podcast features an...
View ArticleBanish burnout and rejuvenate your playing!
It happens to all of us. We practice. We have our routine (which is good!). We have our allotted practice time and organized it into a balance diet of exercises and music for an efficient route to...
View ArticleBass Guitar B Strings
Here’s my experience with different low B strings on my 5 string Carvin Icon bass. I’ve been compiling this for a while. Rating scale 1 (low) – 3 (high).
View ArticleThe Safety Dance with Doogie Howser
The mind of a musician is a bizarre place. Notes, melodies, bass lines, and viola off beats bounce around in a maze of funhouse audio mirrors. This morning while running my aging iPod shuffle...
View ArticleTo Warm Up or Not To Warm Up…
Part 1 – Should You Warm Up? Do you ever feel like you’re practicing and practicing but just not getting better? Or perhaps you’re seeing some improvement but it’s taking too long to learn all your...
View ArticleSmartMusic Blog and My Take
There’s a blog post over at the SmartMusic site with tips for band directors that teach orchestra. Check it out here. Anything to help strings in the public schools is a good thing but I have some...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Good Warm Up? Part 2
Part II – What makes a good warm up? In part one I discussed whether we should even do warm up excercises at all. To be obvious yet vague: If you need to then you should! But that critical … Continue...
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