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Random music news for Friday, November 13, 2020

Paraskevidekatriaphobia. Look it up. Here’s a hint: music news for Friday, November 13. Coronavirus update: The Lockdown Awards? I guess

The best headline of the week: “Monkey on miniature bike in attempted child kidnap.” Moving to music news for May

Talk to anyone in the UK or Europe about Brexit and you’ll get a roll of the eyes followed by

Patreon is a place artists can go to get funded access (via patrons) to tools and relationships to help you

Leave it to Amanda Palmer to put a completely different twist on this rendition of Pink Floyd’s “Mother.” Two things:

I think I hit a new record with music submissions this past week with more than 400 coming through my

I promised myself I’d use part of the Christmas break to file all those CDs on the floor of my

[Another list from frequent contributor Adam Morrison. – AC] Whether it has something to do with the power of juxtaposition

I have two dogs. The snow is melting. My back yard is being revealed as a toxic waste dump. Do

Still in my parents’ basement outside of Winnipeg. It’s cold, obviously. Audio-Technica joins the push for High-Res Audio with a

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver