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Canadian feds promise $500 million for arts and creative industries

If you know someone who works in the arts, you’ll know that they’re really. really hurting. With all work dried

What is loud rock music without the guitar? We need never wonder, but we can take the time to reflect

The lineup for this year’s Coachella was announced yesterday, sending everyone to the poster to parse which bands are represented

Thanks to FYI Music for digging through a Statistics Canada report for these numbers. I quote: Statistics Canada has released

Now this sounds like an interesting book. Jon Fine, guitarist with Bitch Magnet, has a different take on the culture

That’s right: it’s all a South Korean plot. From NPR: In the late ’90s, when Asia went through a huge

As KRS-One declares in the opening seconds of this movie, this isn’t your usual history of hip hop. It’s much,

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 […]
Mark Silver
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