Curious To Know If We're Talking About You?

It was several years ago but I recall sitting at an outdoor cafe with some colleagues during one of those summer arts conventions and half way through our drinks one executive turns to another and asks if he reads Adaptistration. “Of course,” said the executive. “I read his blog every day; if nothing else, I want to see if he’s talking about us.” There’s certainly nothing wrong with good old fashioned self interests but I have to admit that digging through all of the content at Adaptistration can sometimes be more of a chore than it should…

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Growing Pains

Regardless how much we hate it, pain is our friend. It keeps us on our toes and at times, it’s the only benchmark we have to know we’re doing something the right way. Case in point, since the onset of the 2010/11 season, Adaptistration’s readership has grown by leaps and bounds. As a result, traffic is so high that the site has become a little sluggish but fear not, we’re in the process of converting pain into progress in the form of improved interwebs so you should start to see things return to normal in a day or so…

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A New Look For The Compensation Reports

paint brush and palette

Welcome to Adaptistration’s new look and layout. It marks the first significant step in a change toward moving form a single blog with a few ancillary outlets to a full-fledged online network that includes Adaptistration Jobs, Adaptistration Premium, Who’s Minding The Score?, and the Take a Friend To The Orchestra resource site. And the Adaptistration Network is still part of the Inside the Arts culture blog collective. Not bad for something that gets done in spare time, eh?…

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Appearing On SoundNotion.tv This Sunday

If I only had a time machine. The crew over at SoundNotion.tv has created what I wanted to put together years ago but the technology just wasn’t there to make it quick and simple. Specifically, they have a weekly video podcast program that focuses on discussing new music and music news. The shows are produced with clear audio in a well lit room and they can even bring in remote guests via Skype…

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