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Albums

Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The first LP, part 2

May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Albums, Columbia Records, LP, Record Sizes

When the 12-inch long-playing album was first introduced in the summer of 1948, it was a scientific breakthrough.  But why

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The first LP, part 1

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Albums, Columbia Records, LP

With more people getting into (or back into) vinyl these days, I thought I’d offer up a little history, beginning

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Music History 

Confused about the difference between British and American Beatles albums? This will help.

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Albums, Beatles

How many albums did the Beatles release? Well, that depends if you’re in North America or the UK. Fans have

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Music has never been cheaper

December 23, 2021December 23, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Albums, Cost of Music, Singles

Once upon a time, buying music was VERY expensive. If you go back to the 1950s, the average price of

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Poll 

Weekly survey: Do you listen to songs on an album in the prescribed order or do you shuffle them up?

November 22, 2021November 23, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments Adele, Album Sequencing, Albums, Shuffle Button, Spotify

When an artist finishes recording an album, they go through the agonizing progress of sequencing the songs. Do the songs

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Album excesses

October 15, 2021October 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Albums, Clash, Merzbow, Merzbox, Sandinista

When it comes to releasing an album, most artists are fine with something of a standard length, something that can

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, September 25, 2021

September 25, 2021September 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Albums, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Facebook, Garth Brooks, Insane Clown Posse, Justin Bieber, Musicians, R Kelly, Supermarket Radio, Toronto Maple Leafs

Gawd. Tiger King 2 is coming. This is not a drill. Neither is music news for September 25, 2021. Captain

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, January 28, 2021

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Albums, Beats, Brexit, Dad Rock, Dave Grohl, Ecstasy, Eddie Van Halen, Phil Collins, Podcasting, Psylicibin, Sloan, Spotify

Need a nap after lunch? You will be doing your boss a favour (and yourself, too). I have a quick

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, January 11, 2021

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Albums, Apple, Ariel Pink, Astronomy, Bad Wolves, Elvis Presley, Ganymede, Gene Simmons, Gibson, iPhone, Linkin Park, Mike Shinoda, Simpsons, Spotify, System of a Down, Twitch

This is Blue Monday, right? It’s supposedly the most depressing day of the year. Hopefully, it’s at least sunny where

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, October 31, 2020

October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aespa, Album Artwork, Albums, Donald Trump, Eddie Van Halen, Kanye, Lil Wayne, Ministry, Shazam, Ticketmaster, U2, White Supremacists, YouTube, YouTube Music

I’ll bet you’re expecting an opening link to something Halloween related. Nope. This is much more interesting. And so is

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Music Industry 

Is this the solution for saving the album from extinction?

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Alan Cross 3 Comments Albums

The album has been the main currency of the recorded music industry since about 1965 when it took over from

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Music Tech MeetUp

Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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    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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    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 […]
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