{"id":896,"date":"2008-03-30T12:59:06","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T19:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=896"},"modified":"2008-03-30T12:59:06","modified_gmt":"2008-03-30T19:59:06","slug":"us-orchestras-begin-recording-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/30\/us-orchestras-begin-recording-again\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. orchestras begin recording again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caught this article<\/a> on Yahoo about the recent (and very small) expansion in the recording activities of some US orchestras.<\/p>\n

Here’s the first couple paragraphs:<\/p>\n

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Not long ago, American orchestras considered the notion of creating new recordings an almost impossible dream.<\/p>\n

Among the hurdles: longstanding union regulations that made the process untenably expensive in the United States, a market flooded with mid-priced catalog reissues and budget recordings that made new full-priced titles less appealing to consumers, changed financial expectations at major labels (demanding that classical recordings earn their keep rather than be prestige money-losing projects) and the sales woes of the broader recording industry.<\/p>\n

But several world-renowned American orchestras have figured out how to start recording again — many adopting a do-it-yourself mind-set that centers on digital retail. Already familiar to indie rock acts, the approach was entirely new terrain to orchestras that in decades past had enjoyed lavish contracts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Caught this article on Yahoo about the recent (and very small) expansion in the recording activities of some US orchestras. Here’s the first couple paragraphs: NEW YORK (Billboard) – Not long ago, American orchestras considered the notion of creating new recordings an almost impossible dream. Among the hurdles: longstanding union regulations that made the process […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[115,168,2],"tags":[67,585,576],"class_list":["post-896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-recordings-music","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-classical","tag-orchestras","tag-recording"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-es","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2006\/03\/25\/orchestras-and-itunes\/","url_meta":{"origin":896,"position":0},"title":"orchestras and iTunes","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 25, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I have the following reaction when I read that the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic were going to offer downloads of complete recent concerts via iTunes: it's about time! 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