by Christine | Aug 27, 2010 | Welcome Column
I always chuckle inside when I hear a non-musician comment about professional musicians being lazy, or not having to really work very hard. This kind of statement is frequently accompanied by a comment like, “Hey, you guys call it ‘playing’ music not ‘working’ music,...
by Christine | Apr 14, 2015 | Welcome Column
Every person promoting a bluegrass festival is confronted with the dilemma of balancing artistic excellence with business concerns within the context of varying audience tastes as well as willingness to pay. This dilemma creates a constant pull between wishing to...
by Christine | Mar 12, 2013 | Welcome Column
The other day I was talking to a promoter of a small festival in the midwest. His event is reputed to be a good one that people enjoy attending and artists like working for. He commented that he needed to do something to strenghten his lineup and reach out more...
by Christine | Aug 6, 2011 | Welcome Column
First, let me thank all of you who signed my candidate’s petition for the Board of Directors election. I will do my best to live up to your expectations. Recently there was a suggestion posted on the Message Board for increasing membership in the association, to wit,...
by Christine | Aug 18, 2013 | Welcome Column
Over the past year, the CBA Board of Directors has discussed several ways to modify our policies and by-laws to allow us to address urgent issues that arise between board meetings and to take advantage of new technologies that could help the CBA function better. The...
by Christine | May 12, 2015 | Welcome Column
I read somewhere that in a national study commissioned by IBMA about a variety of measures exploring the popularity and penetration of bluegrass music there were approximately twenty million people claiming to listen to bluegrass music. That’s a lot of people,...
