Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Take My Money, Please

Wed, Jul 7, 2013
ADAPTISTRATION-GUY-054
There’s an interesting post by Columbus, Ohio based patron Heather Brown that chronicles her recent experiences donating to arts organizations via their respective websites. The opening narrative describes a frustrating experience where an attempt to make a small, single donation was stymied by a host of hurdles in the online giving process. The impetus for

Autoplay Music On The Homepage? No!

Tue, Jul 7, 2013
Old habits die hard; even the ones that deserve a swift death. Case in point, it never ceases amaze how many performing arts organizations still have an audio file set to autoplay when users visit the website’s homepage. For the most part, the online community crossed the autoplay=bad threshold back in 2011 and although most

Another Good Critic Gone

Mon, Jul 7, 2013
Adaptistration Guy Out The Door
This post is getting out later than it should but I wanted to take a moment to point out the field has lost yet another first class music critic. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette music critic Andrew Druckenbrod said his official goodbye on 6/23/13 with reflection on his 13 years with the paper and words of advice about
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