Ticketmaster has a new ticketing system that might improve things
May 16th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Ticketmaster has introduced a new system using encrypted barcodes that should cut down on fraud while taking into account that
Browsing the "Music Industry" Category
RE:SOUND, SOCAN now working Entandem
May 15th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
Promising to make music licensing easier and more streamlined, RE:SOUND and SOCAN have joined forces to create a single entity,
A history of the record deal from 1850.
May 14th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
AWAL.com has this look back about how recording deals have evolved since the dawn the music industry. Fascinating. “Artists have
Which Canadian musicians are streamed the most? You might be surprised.
May 13th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Cameron Gordon over at Completely Ignored took at look at streaming numbers to see which Canadian musicians are the most
Great doc on rock’n’roll sidemen
May 12th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
When someone like Madonna, Justin Bieber, or Britney Spears play live or go into the studio, they need a backing
Canadian Musician magazine celebrates 40 years
May 12th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
The magazine racket has always been a tough one, even before the rise of the Internet. But Canadian Musician magazine
Are we prepared for artificial intelligence’s role in music?
April 25th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Each week brings more stories about how artificial intelligence is making its way into music. It’s to the point where
Streaming is here to stay. If you’re fighting it, it’s a losing battle.
April 22nd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] A year ago in this space, I wrote an article about
Women to the front: Deborah Dugan to become first female Grammy president
April 21st, 2019 | by Amber Healy
A woman will lead the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the first time. The move comes a
Do remastered records really sound better? Well, it depends.
April 20th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Record labels are always reissuing new versions of old music, sometimes hyping them as being “remastered.” What does that mean? And
Is the concept of musical genres dying? Maybe.
April 18th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Humans naturally try to bring order to the world by putting things into neat little piles. Take music, for example.
What is the future of rock concerts?
April 16th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Few things beat the communal experience of being in a crowd where everyone is losing their mind to a live
Let’s take a close look at the Ontario Government’s new plans for regulating the sales of event tickets.
April 14th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Governments all over the world have it out for bots, scalpers, and ticket resellers. In the last week, two provinces,
RIP Canadian record man Bobby Gale
April 14th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
There is no way you could have worked in the Canadian radio or recording industry over the last 45 years
The Record Store Day Revolution
April 13th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
[Today is the 11th annual Record Store Day. Contributor Chris Donaghue has some thoughts about it all. – AC] As
Ontario Government proposes new reforms for selling concert tickets
April 11th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
The Ontario Government handed down its first budget under Doug Ford today (April 11). If you had the time to
The BC government becomes the latest to take on bots and scalpers
April 10th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
It’s become fashionable for governments to take a stand against ticket-buy-bots, secondary sellers, and scalpers. British Columbia is the latest
Do you have subscription fatigue? I know I do.
April 9th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
It’s so easy to sign up for an online service. Enter your name and a credit card number and within
More proof that streaming music is worse for the planet than CDs and vinyl records
April 8th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Which has a more harmful carbon footprint: (a) CDs and vinyl with their non-biodegradable plastic or (b) the zeros and
The real reason Spotify is getting deep into podcasts
April 7th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
A year ago, the number of people accessing my Ongoing History podcast through Spotify was negligible. I mean, the number
Fears of plagiarism are scaring the crap out of the music industry. This is bad for everyone–except lawyers.
April 3rd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
We need some linguist to come up with a new musical term, one to describe the feeling overcomes us when
Can you name the songs that have been streamed at least a billion times on Spotify? (HINT: Think Canadian.)
April 3rd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
It was only three years ago that “One Dance” by Drake became the first song to ever crack the one
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