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Dothraki Love Songs are Srsly Serious!

Dothraki Love Songs and Who is Paul McCartney, anyway?

April 9, 2013by Jon Silpayamanant 3 Comments

Occasionally I do weird web searches–it’s usually how I find some very interesting things that I would never have come across even while some bemoan that the net has killed […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Arts Education, Audiences
Kid Rock performs with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The Sold-Out show raised over a million dollars for the DSO.  Or maybe some of those funds are going to relocate the Kid Rock Badass Beer?

High Entry Cost and “Retainability” of Musical Organizations

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In my previous post I outlined some aspects of various performance based industries (Classical Music, Sports, Pop Music) and how audiences numbers can matter little to the largest organizations within […]

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Arts Funding, Audiences, Economics
London Philharmonic Orchestra - The Greatest Video Game Music

The Greatest Video Game Music

November 15, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 3 Comments

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that this album is out.  Especially as many US orchestras include a concert of music from video games in their regular or pop seasons. […]

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Cello, Orchestras
The Met's "Die Walküre" by Richard Wagner, now showing at your local movie theatre!

The death of the cinematic industry…

May 27, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 14 Comments

So the last movie I went to, Thor, I was intrigued to see a table with fliers for a couple of upcoming “special events.” The two fliers were slick promos […]

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Film, Orchestra Reform, Orchestras, State of the Arts

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