Drew McManus
Respect Your Recipients’ Time
Thu, Jan 1, 2014
by Drew McManus
Earlier in the week, I mentioned MailChimp email marketing service and how much I like their service, one of the ancillary benefits is a genuinely terrific company blog that focuses on more than just obligatory best practices posts; instead, they focus on lessons learned along the way from their own mistakes. Case in point was
Armed Robbers Make Off With “Lipinski” Stradivarius
Wed, Jan 1, 2014
by Drew McManus
On Monday, January 27, 2014 armed robbers attacked violinist Frank Almond and stole the “Lipinski” Stradivarius violin he used at a Frankly Music chamber series concert that evening. Almond, who is also concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony and author of the non divisi culture blog, was tasered as he approached his car near the stage entrance
Orchestra 990 Project Update: Kickstarter Launches Next Week
Tue, Jan 1, 2014
by Drew McManus
More good news everybody! The remaining work for the Orchestra 990 Database Project is complete which means all we need to do is get the Kickstarter campaign material finished up, hook it into the required Amazon Payment system, and the fundraising can begin. In fact, the Adobe After Effects project for the promo video is
Giving Program Pick For January, 2014: You’ve Cott Mail
Mon, Jan 1, 2014
by Drew McManus
Byte for byte, you can’t beat You’ve Cott Mail for arts news. It’s a one-two punch of good old fashioned email newsletter and an active Twitter feed that provides a steady stream of theme oriented mailings and topical tweets. Artfully directed by the archetypical arts news hound, not to mention Senior Director of Marketing and
Resolving The Pay Disparity In Minnesota
Thu, Jan 1, 2014
by Drew McManus
Although specific details have yet to be released, media reports have confirmed the new master agreement ratified by the Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) and its musicians contains a provision to pay substitute musicians 90 percent of the contracted musicians’ base scale rate, thereby requiring subs to shoulder a disproportionately larger share of salary concessions than
