2014 Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Why Carry Around Multiple Guitars When You Can Use a Modular One?

April 18, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2014, Aclam, Guitar

Gizmag reports on a guitar made up of mix’n’match parts that allows for a variety of configurations. The 20:14 (that’s

In a feat reminiscent of Nadia Comaneci’s perfect 10s in gymnastics at the Montreal Olympics, Vance Joy has picked up

Now that everyone has filed their taxes–you have filed your taxes, right?–it’s time to gawk at the squillions of dollars

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For years, Japan’s music market–the second largest in the world–was seriously robust. The Japanese displayed a preference for physical product

Chances are if you’re visiting this website, you consider yourself a serious music fan–an aficionado, in other words. Music Industry

So where did the Canadian music market finish in 2014? FYI Music News lays it out like this: 1 – The

The other day I posted about how rock sold more than any other genre in the US. Of all the

January 1, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2014, Karaoke

Last month I had this list of the most-performed karaoke songs in 2014. Today, I present a competing list via

That’s it for 2014. And it’s another down year for music sales on both sides of the border, although it

Say hello to Andrew Huang who found a way to review all the top pop songs of 2014 using nothing

Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
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King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
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Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
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