I was on a podcast!

No, I’m not talking about Actually Happening. I was a guest on Dennis Tobenski’s Music Publishing Podcast. I was episode 41. So close. Go give it a listen. We talked a lot about my work running product at New Music USA, creating the grantmaking platform and the launch of project grants. We talked about my …

NUMUS Northwest and a call for submissions

The Seattle new music community is amazing. I got here in February, and the composers, musicians, and fans here have blown me away with their welcoming attitude, their commitment, and their straight up talent. This January, I and a bunch of really smart talented committed folks are organizing a one-day new music festival: NUMUS Northwest. …

Daniel Spreadbury interview for NewMusicBox

I’ve been eagerly awaiting Dorico for years. When Avid orphaned Sibelius, the team, led by Daniel Spreadbury, decamped for Steinberg (of Cubase fame), and started building a brand new scoring application from scratch. I got the chance to interview Daniel for NewMusicBox, and he wrote us some very, very detailed answers, which our composer-readers will …

Chefs and Musicians Again

Last time I blogged about my two favorite professions, I recommended that musicians look at how restaurants deal with lots of quantitative and qualitative in-depth feedback from their customers (how many of what sold, what the waiters say the customers said, etc.). As I’m on vacation, I thought I’d return to the subject. There’s something …