Controversy Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Traffic to Spotify’s cancellation page is up 200%

The backlash against Spotify created by the Joe Rogan controversy and ignited by Neil Young’s boycott seems to have legs.

Towards the end of the halftime performance at Super Bowl LVI, Eminem was onstage with Dr. Dre and suddenly dropped

The Trump administration’s repeal of net neutrality was in court Friday, with companies and states arguing their case that the

Now Katy Perry is spending time in the middle of the never-ending Kesha-Dr. Luke lawsuit It’s all just getting increasingly

Once upon a time, long, long ago, a mom was playing some music while home with her kids. A Prince

It’s been a rough few days for the organizers of this year’s SXSW festival. First, attention was drawn to the

What do you do when your band has a case at the US Supreme Court? You sing about it, of

George Martin secured his place in music history when he signed the Beatles after all other producers and labels in

A Melbourne establishment called Handsome Steve’s House of Refreshments advertised their offerings with this sign. You can probably guess what

Aha! From that headline you might infer that I have no trouble with Kid Rock using this symbol of oppression

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