Alan Cross, Author at Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Is this the best Christmas song of the year?

You be the judge.

If you’re a user of Spotify, you might have already received your Unwrapped report which goes through all your listening

Once upon a time in the ancient days, before social media and the internet, all musicians were mysterious. Outside of

French-Cypriot soprano Sarah Aristidou has a helluva voice and amazing control, Most sopranos top out at high C (C6). Sarah

It’s impossible to predict what will inspire the creation of a hit song. Some songs emerged from the creator’s mind

Crossing borders today with multiple vaccine proofs. Jeezus, this is a weird time. At least music news for December 3,

Dave Grohl, the most inclusive guy in the history of rock, has once again embarked with his friend Greg Kurstin

Beastie Boys fans know this story–it’s been around for a while–but the beauty of the internet is that you can

Now that we’re into December, here come all the year-end lists. YouTube Canada has published several such lists. Let’s go

If there’s a genre that celebrates cars in its music videos, it’s gotta be hip-hop and rap. But given that

When an album gets released, it usually gets a nice pithy title. Others go in the opposite direction. Here is

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver