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A music movie worth watching: Sound of Metal

What if your whole life was music and you suddenly went deaf? How would you deal with it? That’s the

Last day of fall. Winter is coming. Beyond that, here’s what I have for music news on December 20., 2018.

If you don’t think you need to protect your ears from overly loud music at concerts or through headphones, give

Cochlear implants can allow deaf people to hear, but they can never (at least not yet) replicate what a person

What happens when a deaf person receives a cochlear implant gains at least partial hearing? What is their relationship to

The sky is blue. The sun rises in the east. My bull terriers think they’re lap dogs. These are undeniable

On this day in 1997, Steve Jobs’ NeXT Computers merges with Apple. That worked out okay, didn’t it? Here’s the

A couple of years ago on a trek through Vietnam, I chanced upon a firing range where for a buck

Remember Harold Camping? He was the religious nut who said that the world was going to end on this day

If you still think it’s cool to expose yourself to loud music without any sort of protection, read this from

Mother Jones magazine has a great article on what music can mean to the deaf and those who have difficulty

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 […]
Mark Silver
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, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver