This chart first developed in 1992-1993 still holds. Though attempts have been made to imitate the STORMWORKS® Model... It's still a David & Goliath scenario.
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STORMWORKS
(aka David)
Business As usual
(aka Goliath)
The MUSIC... the Kids... the Audience and You come FIRST!
The market dictates musical content! (aagh!)
Stormworks is DEEPLY personal, intimate and charged with a mission to remain consistently dedicated to honest Music and close contact to those who will render it.
Third Party Business.
The Composer makes his own Music available.
Third Party Business.
No Copyright Infringement from Photocopying. A Master Set of Score & parts is provided for your library. Fresh copies for future students and imbalanced ensembles as you need them!
Must order additional parts and sets. More $.
In the case of certain Music, parts may be tailored to your specific needs. In many cases, original field versions have been created for their concert counterparts. Many possibilities for educational uses.
A piece, usually standardized to meet the needs of an homogenous mass, exists in predetermined formats.
Music is usually sent the SAME day it is ordered. It may be sent via mail, overnight shipping or email!
Bureacracy.
Music may be obtained in MANY formats, via Email, CDR or Laser Printout. The "future" that people have talked about is already STORMWORKS' History!
Music is designed to be difficult to duplicate and takes time to receive.
Music is CONSTANTLY available because it is created as required! It's "baked fresh"!
Music has a Shelf-Life.
Access to Composer.
Access to Bureacracy.
MANY support mechanisms including: Commissions, Guest Conducting, Clinics, Teaching Strategies, Phone Conferencng, Internet and just about anything you can think of or suggest that would help you in your noble task as a Music Educator!
Access to Bureacracy whose function is to make you more dependent upon the Bureacracy.