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The Double Edged Sword Of Anonymity Part 2

Thu, Jan 1, 2006
The first part of this series concluded with examining some of the pros and cons of a musician or manager publishing a weblog anonymously or openly with regard to their identity. Today’s installment continues with that idea by providing some specific examples…

The Double Edged Sword Of Anonymity

Wed, Jan 1, 2006
Given the boom of musician bloggers (and mini-boom of managers who blog) over the last year, it’s inevitable that some of them are going to discover blogs have the potential to help or hurt a career. Over the holiday season I received an interesting email from a reader asking about that very issue…

Blogosphere: Best of Blogs

Tue, Jan 1, 2006
I was honored to learn that Adaptistration is included in the new book by Peter Kuhns and Adrienne Crew, Blogosphere: Best of Blogs, a top 5% seller at amazon.com…

All Of That “Other” Classical Music

Mon, Jan 1, 2006
The Partial Observer published an article of mine today which examines some of the differences between orchestras and chamber groups (such as quartets, trios, etc.). The latter tend to do a much better job at adapting to changes in the cultural consciousness and the article examines some of those issues, however, that flexibility comes with

Something Not Unpleasant From The ENO

Fri, Dec 12, 2005
With all the drama at the ENO it was more than a little fun to enjoy watching the repeat broadcast of PBS’s Great Performance: Operatunity. If you missed the broadcast, visit the Operatunity webpage at PBS and read about the program in an essay by Marc Geelhoed, the decidedly witty proprietor of Deceptively Simple…
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