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Levine Recordings: Should We, Shouldn’t We?

Mon, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
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Over the weekend, a pair of EU based media outlets reported that Sirius XM’s Met Opera Radio channel has removed all recordings conducted by James Levine. While details are slim, assuming the reports are accurate, one key piece of missing information is why they were removed. Given ongoing litigation, it’s plausible the recordings could have
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“There is a difference in creating a musical market and a musical community.”

Fri, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
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If you’re a regular reader, you probably know that my wife, Holly Mulcahy, is the concertmaster of the Chattanooga Symphony. Since we live in Chicago, that tends to catch people off guard. Wait, you live in Chicago, but perform in Chattanooga…Chattanooga, Tennessee, right? Musicians commuting long distances is nothing new but using the commute to
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#TBT Venture Event Manager Plugin Is Now Available At The WordPress Repository

Thu, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
Granted, today’s headline is definitely a current event and while having the plugin available at the WordPress repository is a big step, it did bring to mind the past seven years of progress with The Venture Platform that led to this latest development. It seems like it was only yesterday when the entire platform was
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#TBT Area-51

Thu, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
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In light of this week’s earlier post mentioning my time in Doha, Qatar it seems fitting to highlight a few of the articles from that time. The first is from one of the more humbling experiences during the project in the form of realizing the limitations of only speaking a single language. If it weren’t
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Doing RFPs The Right Way

Wed, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
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I’m at the  2018 Nonprofit Technology Conference today running a session alongside Ceci Dadisman designed to help nonprofit admins get their RFP on. And since this session is all about sharing inside info, that means you can find the slide deck online plus Ceci and I put together a special microsite that includes…wait for it…an interactive
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