We wrap up the discussion on Bill’s post 100 degrees and climbing (If you are having trouble playing the clip you can link to it here. The sound will get better in future clips!):
Ron Spigelman
A response to Bill! – part 1
As promised we discussed Bill’s post 100 degrees and climbing in my Audience Connection class last Wednesday, and here is part 1 of the discussion:
Authenticity
So watching the giant infomercials i.e the DNC and RNC conventions, I’m looking for any signs of authenticity, something real and inspiring, not so much who to vote for but who to hope for. With the RNC I sat squirming and surprisingly I found myself being bothered by something even more than the rhetoric….
Challenge = Opportunity: The egg before the chicken! – part 1
We need more donors, a plan to sustain ourselves, get more people involved, brand ourselves, win people over and yadayadayada….When arts groups get together to discuss their ills, lack of support, the community paying no attention to them etc… the argument comes around to forming a plan to turn things around and focusing on what we are not receiving, rather than what we are not giving. A plan for sustainability should start with creating something that is worth sustaining……
Don’t drop the baton!
I am answering the call of my co-author Bill regarding Gergiev’s concert. After the US team botched both 100 meter relays in Beijing, holding on to that baton is as important as running fast, so I’m going to tread carefully and with some help….
Time to reconnect!
This week my Audience Connections class starts up again at Drury University. It looks like I have 6 students and my hope is to use new media to make this a global class literally!….
Sticks and Drones started towards the end of course last year. I incorporated the students into the blog by posting their papers (here and here) and tagging posts that I thought applied to the class and the concept in the Audience Connection category.
Phoning it in!….
If you don’t yet have an iPhone/iPodtouch then you are still hearing the hype no doubt. I have the touch and if it’s possible I think Apple is ahead of the hype and the curve. How about the ultimate musician’s accessory, no joke….
Phone, IM, Email, Games, Browsing etc…all great stuff but what sets the gizmo apart is the application store. Sure there’s the bubble wrap program, the marble games, tons of silly apps and also great reference and info apps that all utilize the on-line capabilities as well as the accelerometer (tilt feature). For literary junkies (and for free) you can even get the complete works of Shakespeare!
Nashville: (Classical) Music City!
We often write about things that go spectacularly wrong. In Nashville it seems to be going spectacularly right! When I read about the NSO’s new marketing strategy for “young people”, I started to draw my sword. I’m not a believer in a strategy that is at best insincere and at worst untruthful, as it always seems to end up alienating a “young” audience and is discriminatory. Not so in Nashville….