Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
I’ve just finished up day #1 of a month long consulting project and although the project promises to keep me busy it holds an equal amount of exhilaration and fascination. Pending approval of my employer, I’ll be posting more about the project as the month passes but in the meantime, let’s see if everyone can figure out where in the world I’m working. Clues will interspersed throughout the month so let’s …
That’s certainly the case with MozBackup, the simply fantastic software utility designed to backup of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird profiles (if you don’t use Firefox, you should – IE7 and Safari don’t compare). According to their website, MozBackup “allows you to backup and restore bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, cache etc.” However, the unmentioned value of this app is that it is the easiest to use and most reliable tool around …
Starting July 11th, 2008 I will be out of the US for a full month to work on a consulting project. I’ll certainly continue blogging while away although I have not yet discussed the option of writing about the project with the employer and since my strict policy is to never write about work projects without mutual agreement from all parties involved, it may be a week before publish any work …
Sometimes your memory plays tricks on you but sometimes it delivers a misplaced treat. I was the fortunate recipient of the latter this week when an article from NewMusicBox.com c. 2004 (which is ancient history in Internet years) popped into my head. Written by Joseph Dalton shortly after NPAC 2004, the author relates his time at the conference and how he could tell which conventioneer belonged to which group by how …
In response to a post here from 6/27/2008 on the impact of rising gas prices on summer music festivals, my Inside The Arts blogging neighbor, Jason Heath, posted an excellent companion piece. In his article, Jason takes the time to provide far more detail regarding some of the issues that musicians tend to consider when deciding whether or not to pursue work in summer music festivals. His article provides exactly the …