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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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