Tech Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Hate having too many charging cables for your devices? This is about to change.

I have a computer bag I tote with me everywhere. One pouch is completely cramped with chargers, cables, adaptors, and

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] SINGAPORE — If you want to kill a conversation quickly, just

The introduction of the compact disc brought the music industry out of a terrible post-disco recession but also created a

If there’s one thing computer users hate it’s being told what applications to use or being forced to use apps

If you thought that holograms of dead celebrities was creepy, just wait. This AI technology allows anyone to sing in

The buzziest tech in audio right now is Dolby ATMOS, a spatial audio format that gives listeners an immersive 3D

Gawd, I had having to deal with passwords. Chrome is always telling me that a bunch of my passwords have

I remember a period in the 90s when people swore that there was an insanely simple way of making any

Artificial intelligence is finding all kinds of love in the music industry right now. Take Basic Pitch, an audio-to-MIDI converter

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] After more than a decade of work, building on an idea

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