Digital Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

New Collaboration Aligns Traditional and Digital Reporting

One thing the music industry has struggled with in the digital age is how to report consistently between old and

Today everything about music is digital (outside of us vinyl anoraks, of course) but 20 years ago it was the

Here’s something to make you think. Earlier this week, Adweek magazine published an article about the uprising of Generation Z.

Don’t believe all the industry doom and gloom you hear in the news – music in Canada is doing pretty

Do you ever find yourself tapping away on your desk with pens? Banging different parts to play out that wicked

Calgary’s National Music Centre (NMC) has launched a new online platform in celebration of Canada 150, allowing fans to browse

Before 1965, outside of Broadway cast recordings, classical recordings and jazz, we lived in a singles world. It was all

I won’t lie. My first musical instrument was the accordion. My parents loved trotting me and my three-reed 120-bass Titano

An interesting look at radio’s future from Barrett Sports Media: Steve Jobs once said “people don’t know what they want

Radiohead has been an independent act for almost ten years now yet they still can’t seem to shake the shackles

When the man who made a career out of kicking the tires of the digital revolution turns around and starts

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 […]
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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