Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

New Music from the Inbox: My Brightest Diamond, Kills Birds, Cassandra Jenkins, and more!

Artist: My Brightest DiamondSong: I Have Never Loved Someone To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the original I Have Never

It’s American Thanksgiving so music news is a little hard to come by. But I have found a few things

Yes, I’ve got a children’s book. If you want the little ones to get deep into music from the get-go,

Next to KISS, Metallica never seems to miss a merchandising opportunity. The band’s latest offering is a Metallica version of

In a commercial posing as a scientific survey, Chill Insurance, an Irish firm that sells auto insurance, commissioned some research

And with help from Gregg Bissonette. I love this! (Via Rick)

First Canadian Internet Concert Trivia time: Who was the first band to live stream a concert on the Internet? It

A Terry Gilliam NFT? That would be cool. (Via Larry). Now on to music news for November 24, 2021. It’s

Let’s begin with a question: Does anyone care about the Grammys anymore? I’ll even expand that to “Does anyone care

The problems keep piling up in the wake of the Astroworld crowd crush disaster where 10 people died and hundreds

When Adele released her 25 album, it sold 3.38 million copies in its first week in the US alone. Given

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 […]
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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 […]
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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