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Having trouble coming up with a name for your metal band? Let’s ask AI!

There are all sorts of fun Twitter accounts that can be useful to the aspiring musician. Take This Band Isn’t

Okay. Here’s Dave appearing on the BBC show CBeebies, reading Octopus’s Garden, written by Ringo Starr in 2014. (VIa CoS)

Courtney Barnett is one of my favourite performers out of Australia. Her third album, Things Take Time, Take Time is

I can’t even imagine the electric bill.

Nandi Bushell may just be 11, but she (a) is a helluva good musician, and (b) an amazing self-promoter. When

Here’s a sad stat: Less than 3% of record producers are women. Various efforts are being made to increase that

First that adorable nubbin, 11-year-old wunderkind Nandi Bushell got to play with the Foo Fighters in LA, sending “Everlong” heading

Back in 2011, I found myself in something of an employment wilderness for the first time in my life. After

This character’s name is apparently Matt Baker. Despite his anti-vax rant in front of the San Diego Board of Supervisors

The main event Olympics may be done, but now it’s time for the Paralympic Games. And the Germans have come

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver