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Random music news for Friday, November 8, 2019

Gordon Ramsey turns 53 today. F**kin’ hell. Meanwhile, in music news for November 8, 2019… Looking to write a catchy

There is an inevitability in the music business. If the frontman of a huge band dies, sales and streams skyrocket.

Cars have always inspired songs. In fact, one of the earliest true rock’n’roll songs was “Rocket 88,” a 1951 song

A company called Digital Third Coast took the time to go through 72,000 songs for mentions of cars. Within that

Like most guys, I dread the idea of picking out a greeting card. I have no confidence that my taste

‘Tis the season, innit? After a bunch of hype and a fan voting procedure that really doesn’t count for shit,

There’s nothing like having the windows (or better yet, the top) down in your car on a summer day, tunes

Rappers love their cars. High Nobiety reports on the analysis of 62,000 songs designed to find out which cars (and SUVs)

Rappers love bragging about their sick rides, but which rappers brag the most? James Barnes from Verve Search sent us

A sneaky way for a company to get some free news coverage is to issue a story like this one

Tales from the Sports Journalist’s Beat – Morgan Campbell in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 019 January 24, 2021
From being an NCAA football player to becoming a journalist, Morgan Campbell has spent most of his life with an insiders’ view of the sports world. Over his 20+ year career, he’s witnessed the changes and pullback in sports journalism. In this episode, Morgan breaks down the impact of the new realities of sports journalism, […]
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The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
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Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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