The Partial Observer published an article of mine today which focuses on the two high profile events surrounding musicians being replaced by recorded music: the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and the Radio City Music Hall’s “Christmas Spectacular”. True to form, these labor oriented disputes have produced some real quote gems, my favorite is the one from Jay Marciano, president of Radio City Entertainment, when he told a reporter from 1010 WINS radio that “there are new synthesizers that can recreate orchestras,” producing “canned music” for anything from “Silent Night” to the Rockettes high-kick tunes.
Perhaps Mr. Marciano could initiate negotiations with Sony to expand their QRIO R&D to include a synthetic Rockette. After all, the QRIO robot can already dance and play handbells…
At the end of September, 2016 ArtsHacker introduced The Most Creative People In Arts Administration program, brainchild of ArtsHacker contributor Ceci Dadisman, and submission…
