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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The origin of the term “alternative music”

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alternative Music, Terry Tonkin

For more than 40 years, people have been using the term “alternative” to describe music that’s left-of-centre, underground, independent, otherwise

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Music History 

Who came up with the term “alternative music?” It might have been this guy.

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alternative Music, Musical Terms, Terry Tolkin

The term “alternative music” started kicking around in the early 80s. It was a handy phrase, something that vaguely described

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Music News 

NuMetal is the reason ‘90s alternative music died out. Agree? Disagree?

January 26, 2021January 25, 2021 Amber Healy 2 Comments 90s alternative music, Alternative, Alternative Music, Grunge, Nu metal

Rick Beato has a fairly convincing argument. Take, for example, Live and Throwing Copper. “As the 90s progressed, Live basically

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Music History 

What, exactly, is “alternative music?” Let’s explore the history of that term.

February 18, 2018February 18, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alt-Rock, Alternative, Alternative Music

This email from Bob popped in the other day. Hey Alan, Just getting caught up on the podcast. Question- is

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Recommended Reading 

This is Rare: A Novel Set in the Alternative Music World

August 31, 2017August 30, 2017 Alan Cross 3 Comments Alternative Music, Serge Timmers

There a few good novels–and I mean straight fiction–set within the music industry (Kill Your Friends, Powder, High Fidelity, White

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Music News 

An Essay on the Differences Between the Alt-Rock of the 80s and 90s

August 10, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alt-Rock, Alternative Music, Eugene Chadbourne, Indie Rock

I’m in the midst of writing a multi-part Ongoing History of New Music series on the history of indie rock

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Music News 

Mexico is the Capital of Alternative Music. Wait–What?

June 24, 2016June 23, 2016 Alan Cross 2 Comments Alternative Music, Last.fm

Last.fm has been around for about 14 years, which means they have tons and tons of data on what kind

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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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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  • 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 […]
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