2018 Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

These global album sales numbers from 2018 underscore how much the music industry has changed.

Album sales continue to crater as more and more of the planet moves to streaming. The International Federation of the

Here we go again – the remainder of this year’s best albums, according to a whack of publications and somewhat

[Danny Fournier of Edmonton’s Oddball Productions is always sending interesting/weird stories this way. His latest contribution is a list of

Let’s start with this – this article may take a while to load on your device. There are a LOT

Shazam, the magical audio identification app (now owned by Apple, by the way), is always collecting data on what songs

Google is forever collecting data on what sorts of thing we search for. The 2018 edition of Year in Search

Back in the 1930s when music charts first appeared, songs were ranked on not how many times they were played

More year-end fun, this time with a look at what lyrics people searched for the most. LyricFind, the Canadian-based lyric

Each year around this time, YouTube issues its Rewind lists, which is a look back to the videos Canadians watched

Twitter is the latest online platform to provide us with a roundup of data from 2018. Here are some highlights:

More year-end list fun. Both Spotify and Amazon Prime have published their lists of the most popular music of 2018.

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
Mark Silver
Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
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