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Here It Is, Your Holiday Moment Of Zen

Mon, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
Holiday Moment Of Zen
You know it, you love, it, and it just isn’t the holiday season without it: The Messiah Organist Meltdown. If this holiday classic is new to you, give it moment and hang in there until the end; I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s 0:43 of unfiltered Messiah goodness.  
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Step Two In Preparing For Post Net Neutrality Slowdowns Is Image Compression

Fri, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
ArtsHacker.com
If I could give out gold stars to arts admins who know how to properly compress images for web use, they’d be made out of actual gold. That’s just how big of a deal this is to optimization and page load speed. Although some aspects of the series I’m writing for ArtsHacker about how to
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#TBT It’s As Though We Don’t Want To Learn From Our Mistakes

Thu, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
HR Matters
In the wake of the breaking scandal at The Met, today’s #TBT post focuses on a series of articles that demonstrate that a failure to take Human Resources (HR) policies seriously is going to continue damaging organizations, putting stakeholders at risk, and generally mucking things up for everyone. Here’s a historical overview of what’s come
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100 Years Ago In The World Of American Classical Music: Musical Reputations

Wed, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 200
In addition to providing a window into the classical music community from 100 years ago, the December 1917 edition of The Etude magazine plants some fascinating seeds of irony. Case in point, one of the lead articles by Genry T. Finck is titled “Music Reputations and How They are Achieved” (page 791). A Prominent lawyer once
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Things Are Going To Get Worse For The Met Before They Get Better

Tue, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 192
Initial fallout over The Metropolitan Opera’s (The Met) suspended music director James Levine’s alleged sexual misconduct is positively radioactive. There is no shortage of discussion on the topic, you’ll find thousands of comments across social media threads and online classical music outlets. Passions run deep and a sizable portion of that outrage is directed toward
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