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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The father of feedback

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drone, Feedback, Robert Ashley

Today, feedback is used by guitarists to create all sorts of cool effects. There would be no fuzzy, overdriven guitar

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

How slow can you make music before it’s not music anymore?

January 29, 2018January 28, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drone, Slow

Sometimes you just need to chill with some downtempo music. Whether you’re into Brian Eno’s ambient music or something droney

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Podcast 

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 129: Imagine

November 18, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments AR Drone 2.0, Beard Trimmer 9000, BeBop, Betamax, Call of Duty, Drone, Fallout 4, Kurt Cobain, Paris Attacks, Parrot, Sony, VHS

Before we set the lineup for this week’s show, we conducted a Twitter poll on whether we should cover the

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Podcast 

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 121 (Or Maybe 119: The Merch Awakens!

September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Autonomous Vehicles, Cassettes, Drone, Force Friday, Millennium Falcon, MySpace, Onstar, Samy Kamkar, Star Wars, Technics, Trakdot

After a two week layoff to recharge our martini shakers, we’re back with season four of this thing. How long

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Cool! 

Watch a Flying Drone Play a Drum Machine

January 7, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drone, Drum Machines

As a drummer myself, I’m afraid. Very afraid. (Via CreateDigitalMusic)

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Music Tech MeetUp

Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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  • The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
    Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
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  • Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
    Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
    Andrew Dick
  • Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
    You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
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