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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The first Canadian internet concert

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canadian, Internet Concert, livestream

First Canadian Internet Concert Trivia time: Who was the first band to live stream a concert on the Internet? It

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Music Industry 

Weekly Canadian music and sales stats: 22 November 2021

November 22, 2021November 23, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canada, Canadian, Music sales, Streaming Stats

By this time next week, we’ll know the effect Adele’s 30 album had on both music sales and streaming. This

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, January 7, 2019

January 7, 2019January 6, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Annie Lennix, Canadian, Coachella, Cuba, Def Leppard, Donald Trump, hard rock, John Lennon, Metal, R. Kelly, Snoop Dogg, SpaceX, Spice Girls, Super Bowl

Day three of my trip to CES in Las Vegas. Man, there’s a lot of weird stuff on display here.

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Record Collecting 

Obsessed With Record Collecting? Check This Out – Sonic Boom Records Hosting ‘Vinyl’ Documentary Screening

April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 1 Comment Alan Zweig, Canadian, Documentary, National Film Day, Ontario 150, Records, screening, Sonic Boom, Vinyl

What better place to watch a documentary about obsessive record collecting than one of the biggest record stores in Canada?

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Music History Music Industry 

Which Musicians are the Canadian Kings of YouTube?

March 29, 2017March 28, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canadian, Most Views, YouTube

Cameron Gordon of Completely Ignored did a little sniffing about YouTube in order to rank which Canadian artists have had

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Music Industry 

Canadian Teens and Millennials Love Streaming Music

May 14, 2016May 13, 2016 Nerhys 1 Comment Canadian, Millennials, Nielsen Music, Streaming, Teenagers

As a Canadian Millennial, I’ll be the first to admit that I frequently stream my music on apps like Spotify.

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, June 29, 2015

June 29, 2015June 28, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 50 Cent, AllNaturalMusic, BBC, Canadian, Fashion, Glastonbury, Grateful Dead, Hip-hop, Indie, Joni Mitchell, Kanye West, Meat Puppets, Nicki Minaj, Nirvana, One Direction, Shania Twain, Stephen Colbert, Taylor Swift

Today is the 8th birthday of the iPhone. Interested in a documentary on hip hop fashion? Click here. The Meat

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Music News 

New Canadian Not-for-Profit Online Music Store Goes Live Tonight

February 15, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment Canadian, Emerging Artists, Weird Canada, Wyrd Distro

Weird Canada will their new Wyrd Distro venture this evening, the first-ever not-for-profit online music store dedicated to new and

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Music Tech MeetUp

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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  • 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 […]
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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 […]
    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
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