Oh boy! This recent article America’s Orchestras are in Crisis is the entire kit and kaboodle of what is currently going wrong with orchestras today. It is a very windy article so I will attempt to summarize a few points to help me and you wrap our brain around it: The outreach and diversity efforts…
Today is the 5oth anniversary of the famous Martin Luther King, Jr. speech, “I have a dream…” One of the quotes that is being distributed is “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” This quote literally woke me up this morning, well, enough for me to begin writing…
sex·y [sek-see] adjective, sex·i·er, sex·i·est. 3. excitingly appealing; glamorous: a sexy new car. According to Dictionary.com, sexy can mean excitingly appealing. To me, audience development is excitingly appealing, thus, it is sexy. Let me explain further. I have always felt building audiences was sexy. The best way to build a happy and loyal audience is…
Hi all! I am heading to Chicago for a week to visit family and friends, so I will be taking this week off. Please feel free to check out my archives. I have over 300 posts to choose from on a variety of topics! You can use the search box in the right column to…
Happy Friday – we made it! It’s been a crazy week. Today, I would like to catch you up to speed on what is happening behind the ADS scenes: We are working on a new website with Rosebrook Classical, and it is coming along nicely! I received a Getty Images unauthorized use notice letter. I…
There seems to be a rumbling about arts marketing lately. There are people that believe that artists and arts organizations need to step up their game or hire someone else that has more experience. Here is the latest of the rumblings: Cincinnati Art Museum makes cuts The Cincinnati Art Museum recently eliminated its design team,…
As some of you may know, I am in the midst of a legal challenge with Getty Images. I will write more about this in the future, since the knowledge will help others. Today though, I have been thinking about all the support requests I receive. There are so many crowd-fundraisers happening and so many…
I normally do not post this much during the week, but I am thinking out loud this morning. Please consider this post a draft of a more refined conversation in the future. In terms of the performing arts, I have been seeing a great many articles about how the youth are saving the arts. Here…
My friend, Dale, sent me a thread to look at on Reddit: Going to my first symphony, what are some tips for my first experience? This ongoing conversation has me thinking about traditions and their protocols. The traditions with the respective protocols are generated by people. People adopt these ways, and a status quo forms.…
I hope everyone knows the business I am referring to when I code it “Sprawl-Mart” (thank you Simpsons). This organization has done considerable damage to our economy by demanding the lowest price for cheaper and cheaper produced products. They have cut corners in many ways: Demanding their suppliers produce overseas for cheaper production and materials. …
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