Shop Talk S02E01: Navigating COVID Era Agreements
Season 2 comes out of the gate at full speed and my captivating guests include a group of stakeholders from the Toledo Symphony Orchestra who were brave enough to talk…
Shop Talk S01E16: Academia/Pro Divide
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I ended up where I needed to be.” That’s one of my favorite lines from Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently…
Shop Talk S01E15: Musician Injuries Could Soar After COVID: Musician Perspective
This is the second in a series of podcasts focusing on the topic of what orchestras of all budget size should be considering when planning for post-COVID concert activity. This…
Shop Talk S01E14: Musician Injuries Could Soar After COVID: Artistic Decision Makers Perspective
This is the first in a series of podcasts focusing on the topic of what orchestras of all budget size should be considering when planning for post-COVID concert activity. This…
Shop Talk; Last Call: Nothing A Little Property Damage Can’t Fix
When I invited guests David MacDonald and Sam Merciers to do the show I knew we had to set aside some time to talk about their groundbreaking SoundNotion podcast series,…
Shop Talk S01E13: Composers In Academia
Guests David MacDonald and Sam Merciers swing by the pod to talk about composers and academia. A fast paced conversation, we cover the intersection of technology and music, how career paths…
Shop Talk S01E12: The Commercial Life
Today’s episode tackles the taboo topic of arts admins that leave the field for positions in the commercial sector. I’ve often wondered why this carries around so much baggage and…
Shop Talk S01E11: Being A Content Creator Before It Was Cool
Being funny is hard. Learning the array of digital platforms needed for content creation is hard. Doing all of that at the same time with tools from 15 years ago…
Shop Talk S01E10: Evolving Past Artistic Elitism
This episode was an absolutely perfect combination of topic and guests for an episode to come out during a holiday week. At one hour, the conversation is longer than usual…
Shop Talk S01E09: Get A Handle On Digital Content Production Quality
The shift from producing live events to becoming a digital content producer is such a daunting task that some orchestras opt for not even trying. Among the biggest challenges is…
Shop Talk S01E08: Centering Equity
In a week where giving thanks is on the mind, I am remarkably grateful these two dynamic and candid guests agreed to join the pod and talk about equity. Ruby…
Shop Talk, Last Call: Listen To The Situation
At the end of S01E07, guest Scot Silberstein inadvertently set up a fantastic topic for a Last Call installment around the idea of the Stephen R. Covey quote “Most people…
Shop Talk S01E07: Changing Your Narrative
How does an industry with so many decades of carefully crafted narrative go about changing on a dime in response to a prolonged pandemic? This was the basic premise of…
Shop Talk S01E06: The Need For Expertise
This episode’s topic is based on Jason’s blog post, The Most Teachable Era In Human History For The Necessity of Expertise. Questions of expertise are particularly relevant here an now…
Shop Talk Last Call: Cross Pollination In A Good Thing
It’s Last Call and today’s installment features S01E05 guests Zak Vassar and Jeff Vom Saal as they respond to the following reader question: “Are there advantages in having professionally-trained musicians…
Shop Talk S01E05: What Orchestras Administrators Really Need
Guests: Zak Vassar, President & CEO of the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts; and Jeff Vom Saal, Executive Director of the Spokane Symphony & Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox.
Shop Talk S01E04: Fostering BIPOC And Women Composers
Who says COVID shutdowns mean you can’t have a new music workshop? Nonsense! Necessity is the mother of invention and in this installment of Shop Talk we sit down with…
Shop Talk S01E03: Deconstructing Silos
In the beginning when Artsgod created nonprofit administration, the org chart was a formless void of jack-of-all-trades that covered the face of the deep. Then Artsgod said, “Let there be…
Shop Talk Last Call: Board Diversity
Grab a cocktail and strap in, we’re going to talk about board diversity with S01E02 guests Weston Sprott and Jason Haaheim. This segment produced a number of memorable quotes: “Power…
Shop Talk S01E02: Art Has Always Been Political
“Yes, duh, art has always been political.” That’s the way one of this episode’s guests described today’s topic, but in the form of one slice of bread used to create…
Shop Talk Last Call: Goals! We Got Goals Around Here!
As promised, today’s post includes the bonus after show content from Shop Talk S01E01: Reaching Diverse Audiences Through The Marcom Lens. This short segment focuses on guests Ann Marie Sorrell…
Shop Talk S01E01: Reaching Diverse Audiences Through The Marcom Lens
Shop Talk is officially up and running and our very first episode for Season 1 focuses on meaningful ways to reach diverse audiences. This episode’s guests include Ann Marie Sorrell,…
Shop Talk: Pilot Episode, Poke It With A Stick
Surprise! Today marks the inaugural episode of a new video podcast series where I sit down with movers and shakers in the field and talk shop. Today’s episode focuses on…