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Random music news for Monday, April 18, 2022

Evil Republicans evil Disney villains. You can’t unsee this. Now some random music news for April 18, 2022… Well, this

As I write this, the Roomba on the main floor is going about its thrice-weekly task of picking up English

Iron Maiden has tried really, really hard to come up with a truly ugly Christmas sweater (“jumper,” for our UK

June? Already? Here’s your music news. Here’s how things work in the US when it comes to the music business.

Whenever I go to a concert, the first thing I seek out is the merch table. I look closely at

First came vinyl records when everyone was still into CDs. Then some bands thought it would be cool to resurrect

In case you haven’t had enough of all the 50th-anniversary-in-America stuff, there’s this article from The Music Network that details

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