CD sales Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

52 Fascinating Things Learned in 2015

Writing in Medium.com, Tom Whitwell details 52 things he learned last year. You can read the whole list here, but

It’s late again, but what are you gonna do? Here’s what I can tell you about what music sold in

Things are still on the “suck” side of the ledger this week despite four debuts in the Canadian Top 10.

It’s been awhile–Six months? Longer?–since I bought a regular CD. If I need to possess music, I’ll head over to

If you had any doubt, that streaming was here to stay and the future of music consumption, but it aside.

There’s always going to be a market for selling songs. CDs, vinyl, digital tracks–a not-insignificant number of music consumers will

This analysis comes from Bobby Owsinski’s Music 3.0 Blog. In 2004, the largest demo of CD buyers was age 36

CD sales have been in free fall since the beginning of the century and for years, we were told that

I’ve posted something like this before, but it’s worth posting again. (Via Digital Music News)

Yeah, I know I’m really late with this week’s report–but in my defense (a) I didn’t get the numbers until

Maybe. Check out this graph of predictions of global recorded music revenues created by The Economist. While physical sales have

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