Comments on: Living Composers Wanted

By: jeff harrington

jeff harrington — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:24:00 +0000

Hey Dennis! Yeah it really did kind of creep me out, too. I was expecting a lot more questions about number and location of performances, rehearsal time and adequate preparation for performances, etc… They didn’t even seem to know about Last.FM or other smaller music social sites. The questions about downloading were interesting, but even that was focussed on the perception of harm.

It seemed to be driven by a organization-centric fund-raising mentality and use or non-use of AMC online resources and not one truly curious about the nature of our artistic lives.

By: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz

Dennis Bathory-Kitsz — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:46:35 +0000

If anybody wants a copy of the survey questions, let me know. I didn’t take the survey (or at least filed several blanks) because whatever committee designed it doesn’t spent much time outside the academy. It’s big-education big-media oriented. Maybe that was the point, but it sounds more like one of those grant applications … and it’s also very personal about your money. Be warned ahead of time, because the survey itself doesn’t let you go back.

Dennis

By: jeff harrington

jeff harrington — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:57:46 +0000

Worked for me…

By: Jerry Bowles

Jerry Bowles — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:13:37 +0000

Trevor Reed to me

Hi Jerry,

Thanks for keeping me updated. We believe that these are very isolated instances, most likely resulting from the following issues:

-Composers who enter the survey after they have already completed it (including those who previously took our pilot survey) aren’t allowed to proceed past the login page.

-The survey has been tested with the most recent versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox, but may not be compatible with older versions or other browsers. In most cases, a pop up warning will appear explaining any incompatibility issues.

The survey has already been completed by hundreds of respondents. For composers who are not successful starting the survey, we recommend logging in using a different browser or computer.

Best,

Trevor G. Reed, Research Coordinator

Research Center for Arts and Culture
Teachers College | Columbia University

By: Daniel G.

Daniel G. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:28:04 +0000

Just finished it. Took 5 minutes. No problems.

By: david toub

david toub — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:30:08 +0000

Didn’t work for me either. I’m bagging it.

By: Robert Jordahl

Robert Jordahl — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:16:29 +0000

I’m puzzled. I completed the first page and never could pull up the rest.

By: Phil Fried

Phil Fried — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:50:32 +0000

I’m surprised that Teachers college is an interested party–I thought their that k-12 education was their line.

By: James Combs

James Combs — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:33:47 +0000

This study is more interested in your income than anything else.

By: jeff harrington

jeff harrington — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:07:50 +0000

We need to decide how best to skew this research!