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

Vangelis, the electronic composer who help take things mainstream with the Chariots of Fire theme, has died

His full name was Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou but the world knew him as Vangelis, the composer of electronic music. Born

Pearl Jam’s Gigaton tour keeps running into issues. First, the whole thing was canceled in March 2020 in the first

Last time, we talked about a weird, white dust; a mold that contaminated and destroyed magnetic audio and videotapes across

Aliens may be living next to a star called 2MASS 19281982-2640123. It may be a while before we hear from

It’s been two months since a call went out from Casa Medina, a Four Seasons property, in an area of

Music videos may not have their own exclusive cable channel anymore, but they’re still an important way of promoting music–and

I’m sure there’s a good scientific/engineering reason for creating the mechanical Singing Mouth, but I can’t think of it. But

Storing audio for long, long periods of time isn’t as easy as we once thought. For example, about a dozen

The anti-Putin songs keep coming and will be with us for decades. Oreo has uncovered a couple more, including this

As agents and promoters scramble to schedule postponed gigs as well as deal with new tours, Toronto is getting a

As an introvert myself, I can identify with this. Now some music news for May 18, 2022. Limewire is back–but

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