Drew McManus
Nashville Settles Without A Work Stoppage
Thu, Aug 8, 2013
by Drew McManus
On 8/28/2013, the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO) issued a joint statement with the Nashville Musicians AFM Local 257 announcing that the NSO’s musicians ratified a one year collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The only detail known at this point in time is the agreement contains a 15 percent reduction in musician base pay. The cut adjusts
Philip Kennicott Wrote Something You Need To Read
Wed, Aug 8, 2013
by Drew McManus
Philip Kennicott would like to have a word with you about the state of orchestras; more to the point, he’d like to have close to 4,000 words. Think of it as an orchestral version of The Ninety-Five Theses but replace indulgences with what is perhaps best summarized as new model artistic planning and you’ll start to
Get Pumped Up Over Flat Design
Tue, Aug 8, 2013
by Drew McManus
On 7/23/2013, Adaptistration published an article about “Authentic Design,” which examined the growing design shift away from skeuomorphic and stylistic excesses (such as using realistic page turn effects for digital pages) in favor of what is colloquially known as flat design. Since then, I’ve been looking for a way to incorporate flat design into Adaptistration
Disingenuous MOA
Mon, Aug 8, 2013
by Drew McManus
There’s been a substantial amount of online discussion about the Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) Domaingate debacle since Emily E. Hogstad made it public on 8/21/2013. In the wake of that realization, the MOA has provided some rationale behind purchasing 13 domain names associated with typical audience support efforts during labor disputes, but it raises more
Link Love Friday
Fri, Aug 8, 2013
by Drew McManus
It’s been a busy month. Adaptistration broke half a dozen traffic records over the past two weeks; between the most popular compensation reports to date and the Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) articles this week, it’s time for a brief day off. And by day off, I mean a quick link love post for other MOA oriented
