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Random music news for Friday, April 10, 2020

I completely forgot that we had a long weekend this week. Frankly, EVERY weekend for the last month has been

Joe Exotic was one a pro wrestler? That got left out of Tiger King. Moving to random music news for

Now on the ground in Singapore after some 23 hours in transit. And there’s plenty of music news to report

No other band has consistently come up with new concepts for music videos than OK Go. From weird Rube Goldberg

After having done thousands of interviews, I can tell you that artists are wired differently from you and me. The

You don’t exist as a band for 40 years–38 without a single line-up change–without understanding the nature of nature of

Lars Ulrich of Metallica sat down with Les Claypool of Primus as part of an event in the Bay Area.

Come with me back to 2000 when it was said that Napster was not only going to destroy the music

It’s called Inspiring Creativity–and don’t let the fact that it was underwritten by a coffee company scare you away. Watch

A couple of years ago during a conversation with Wayne Coyne, I told him that he had the best job

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