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The #1 album in the US last week sold just 823 copies

The Billboard 200 used to be the most important album chart in the known universe. The more your album sold,

Cameron Gordon over at Completely Ignored as a new graphic for us. Where have American indie rock artists placed on

A long weekend here in Canada. I’m trying not to remember that this is the third of our four summer

HitSongsDeconstructed is a website that tracks trends in songwriting, production, and the music business designed to help musicians and composers

Cameron Gordon over at Completely Ignored is always musing about music on a statistical level. The newest graphic is “Are

I ran across this YouTube clip from the 1992 Billboard Music Awards where Phil Collins presented a very drunk U2

Have you ever wonder what city has the most influence musically? Using data from Orbitz, you might be surprised. For

In what can only be described as a bit of a shock, U2 has blasted to #1 on the Billboard

Today is Morrissey Day in Los Angeles. No, I’m not kidding. And here’s more music news for November 10. A

On this day in 1988, the Morris worm became the first computer worm to be distributed on the Internet. We

The first-ever cellular phone network was launched on this day in 1983. With that out of the way, here’s some

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