Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Catch The Podcasting Wave

Tue, May 5, 2016
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Although they have been around for more than a decade, podcasts have proven to be one of those digital mediums with sticking power. But if you don’t know how to go about creating and distributing your content, you can end up with a great idea that may end up doing more harm than good. Fortunately,

Hey Foundations: Here’s A Great Idea For Your Next Project

Mon, May 5, 2016
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In the summer of 2015, the rural Swiss village of Graubunden launched a unique marketing campaign designed to pull more tourist traffic from cities to their mountain village (h/t Samantha Teter). Remarkably straightforward, it leveraged real-time streaming technology and the value of one-to-one connections over traditional passive advertisements. It features a digital kiosk with a local

Orchestra Compensation Reports Haikus

Fri, May 5, 2016
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Most of us aren’t poets but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t stretch our creative legs every now and then by writing some prose. And with the task of sifting through 65 orchestra IRS form 990s to extract data for June’s orchestra compensation reports at hand, it seemed fitting to revel in a bit of creativity

If Providing Company Cell Phones Has Been Too Expensive, Take A Look At Google’s Project Fi

Thu, May 5, 2016
Project Fi
A few weeks ago, we conducted a poll asking arts managers and artists if their employer provided a company cell phone/plan. Just over 200 readers replied with an 80/20 split between managers and artists and perhaps unsurprisingly, the poll confirmed that the vast majority do not receive a company cell phone. But there’s more to

Trump Not Interested In Supporting Philharmonic Board Chair

Wed, May 5, 2016
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Long before he was the GOP presumptive nominee, The Donald was a gag for one of Who’s Minding The Score? comics. At the time, no one working on the strip had an inkling that the person selected* to exemplify a stereotypical rich d-bag would end up where he is today. The strip features a bunch of