Tech Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Is this the future of music composition and songwriting? If it is…wow.

It’s called Soundful. All you have to do is sing something into your phone, upload it to the platform, and

The big astronomy story of last week was the release of a photo of Sagitarrius A*, the supermassive black hole

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Everything I know about holograms I learned from either Star Wars or

There’s nothing more powerful in the universe than a black hole, the mysterious remnants of an ultra-giant star that has

The marriage of live music and technology has really been given a boost since the pandemic. The latest development involves

The recorded music industry has gone through all kinds of formats since Thomas Edison first demonstrated the phonograph in 1877.

She might be 76 years old, but Dolly Parton remains one of the most forward-looking artists out there. Not only

A site called App Annie has gone through all the most popular apps to determine which apps were the most

The Foo Fighters, a band that’s always game when it comes to trying something new, are working with Facebook (sorry,

Apple’s latest acquisition is AI Music, a new company that uses artificial intelligence to compose super-bespoke music on the fly

I’ve been following the whole NFT situation since it became a thing a couple of years back. I’m hardly an

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