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Coding

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Rivers Cuomo is selling thousands of old demos while learning how to code. Here’s his final class assignment.

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coding, Rivers Cumon, Weezer

If you’re a Weezer fan, you’ll want to take a spin through the 2,441 demos Rivers Cuomo has put up

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, November 29, 2018

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audi, Autonomous Vehicles, Beck, California Wildfires, Coding, Disney, Drake, Hedley, Jacob Hoggard, Johnny Depp, Madonna, MusicMonster, Pavarotti, Playlist, Ron Howard, SendMusic, Shane McGowan, Silverchair, Soundcloud, Spongebob Squarepants, Spotify, Stephen Hillenburg, Stevie Woinder

On this day in 1972, Atari released Pong. It became the first successful commercial video game. As for music news

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Radio 

Are you a coder? There’s an online radio station for that

March 6, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chillout, Coding, freeCodeCamp

If you’re a coder, you spend long hours writing and compiling and debugging, something that demands intense concentration and plenty

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Music News 

Are You a Coder Who Likes to Listen to Music? You’re Not Alone

June 16, 2017June 16, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coding, Software

Greggory points us to this video that looks at the link between writing computer code and music.

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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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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  • Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
    Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
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  • King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
    Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
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  • Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
    For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
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