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The Latest Adaptistration Publication

Wednesday, October 18th, 2017Wednesday, October 12th, 2005 by Drew McManus

The latest in the series of Adaptistration publications is now available; The Adaptistration Orchestra Website Review: 2004 & 2005 Report. It contains everything you’ve wanted to know about the Orchestra Website Review that wasn’t published online… Spiral bound for convenience, the report contains 126 pages of feature after feature covering everything from in-depth descriptions of the evaluation criteria and grading formula as well as detailed grades for all 23 subcategories for …

Using The “R” Word in Milwaukee

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 by Drew McManus

“R” for recording that is. The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra has become one of a handful of orchestras across the country to kick a new digital recording distribution initiative into high gear. How did they manage to do what no other orchestras have done so far… If you believe everything you read in the press from a number of orchestra managers about recording it would appear that the union has thrown up …

Milwaukee’s New e-Label

Monday, October 10th, 2005 by Drew McManus

The Partial Observer published an article of mine today which examines the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s new e-label which is comprised of more than 300 live works recorded from 1970 to 2005 from their national radio broadcasts. 14 of their recordings are being offered as very affordable digital downloads through iTunes. Tomorrow, I’ll be publishing an additional article here which examines the business side of how the managers, musicians, and distributors were …