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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 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 […]
Mark Silver
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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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
Mark Silver