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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 Ultimate Backstage Pass – David Kines in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 032 May 17, 2021
In today’s everything-on-demand world, it may be hard for anyone born post-Y2 K to answer a simple question, “where do you watch music videos?” A reasonable answer would be YouTube, Apple Music, or maybe even Tiktok. Prior to the dawn of YouTube in 2005, the answer was easy. MTV if you’re American, and of course […]
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Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
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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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