The Partial Observer published an article of mine today which is a transcription of an interview with Frank J. Oteri, editor, NewMusicBox. Frank is a remarkably well thought out individual with some very deep insight on the value of new music and the value of classical music to the American society…
Year: 2006
Funky Comment Control
In an attempt to refine Adaptistration’s junk comment filter there may be a slightly longer delay between when comments are submitted and when they appear. If, for any reason, you submitted a comment and it isn’t up yet, send me an email letting me know so I can make sure it didn’t inadvertently get snagged by the spam filter. In proper Murphy’s Law fashion, yesterday’s blog is generating a good deal …
Ticket Prices: The Topic With Staying Power
My wife sent me a copy of an article appearing in the 05/30/06 online edition of CNN.com about ticket prices at amusement parks. It seems that one of the largest parks, Cedar Point, is bucking the industry trend and actually lowering ticket prices by $5.00 for adults. Additionally, they are cutting the price on one of their highest profit margin concession items by lowering the price of cotton candy from $3.00 a stick to only twenty-five cents…
Miscommunication or Missed Communication? Part 2
To continue where we left off in Part 1, we are going to examine some of the attitudes behind why too many organizations have difficulty wrapping their minds around the concept of allocating resources toward developing improved communication between managers and musicians and especially between the musicians themselves…
Miscommunication or Missed Communication? Part 1
Poor communication, it’s tough enough to create effective communication within the office but establishing good communication from managers to musicians is even harder. Unfortunately, the vast majority of orchestras make this task twice as difficult as it should be…