2017 Archives - Page 2 of 8 - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

List Season Is Here! Twitter Canada’s Top Tweets

As it always happens come December, the raft of year end lists begins to arrive. Today we hear from Twitter

Shazam is a music identification app that’s so magical it got its own game show–hosted by Jamie Foxx, no less.

It started with a purchase of an iPod Mini in 2004. Bit by bit, I got sucked into the Apple

After all the horrible losses in the music world last year, British artist Chris Barker created an updated a version

Marcus T was on hand for the October 30 Guns ‘N Roses first show at the Air Canada Centre in

The day after American Thanksgiving–otherwise known as Black Friday–is when we’re supposed to descend into an orgy of Christmas shopping.

Let me be clear: Cassettes are a hateful, obsolete format that deserves to die. Anyone who longs for the days

An incredible amount of Canadian music history gathered together earlier this week for the annual Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

There was a kerfluffle at BreakOut West in Edmonton regarding the non-payment of the musicians who appeared at the festival.

One of the fantastic things about the Polaris Music Prize is that you never, ever know what the Grand Jury

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