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Author: Thomas Dennett

Music Industry 

Today’s most important read: Spotify says “Make love, not hateful content.” Good in theory, but…

May 13, 2018May 12, 2018 Thomas Dennett 1 Comment Censorship, Chris Brown, Hateful Content, Policy, R. Kelly, Spotify, XXXTencion

Art is based in personal expression. As artists or content creators, our works are always infused with a little bit

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Music News 

Stemchain: A global remix initiative

May 11, 2018May 10, 2018 Thomas Dennett 0 Comments Contest, Remix, Stemchain

Remember that old game telephone? You start with a phrase, whisper into the ear of the person next to you,

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Music News 

Heading to Canadian Music Week? Got an old iPod that you don’t need? Donate it!

May 10, 2018 Thomas Dennett 0 Comments Canadian Music Week, Donation, iPod, Music Heals, Music Therapy

Music is meant to be shared. For millennia, humans have created instruments, developed sounds and shared those sounds with people

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Social Media Tech 

Social media app Vertigo allows you to give yourself a soundtrack with song stories

May 9, 2018 Thomas Dennett 0 Comments app, Music Sharing, Music Streaming

I’ve always thought that everyday life would be more exciting with a soundtrack. Morning coffee accompanied by soothing indie rock,

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With Mother’s Day coming, here are five songs about flowers

May 9, 2018May 8, 2018 Thomas Dennett 1 Comment Best Of, List, Theme

This year, April showers were replaced with April hailstorms, but nevertheless, I’m expecting there to be May flowers and all

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Lists Music News 

5 heavy covers of famous songs that were not originally heavy

May 8, 2018May 7, 2018 Thomas Dennett 5 Comments A Day to Remember, Cover, hard rock, List, No Doubt, Slipnot

Everyone loves a good cover. It’s a way for artists to pay homage to some of their inspirations while still

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Music Industry 

3 Tips for those new to recording at home

May 6, 2018May 5, 2018 Thomas Dennett 1 Comment Engineering, Home Recording, Recording

With the advent of new digital recording technologies, recording for aspiring artists has become much easier. Free plug-ins and DAWs

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The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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    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 […]
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