Etymology Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Ongoing History Daily: The origin of the word “gig.”

Here’s an odd piece of trivia. When a band plays a show, we say that they’ve got a “gig.” Where

Back in the middle 90s, the big buzzword in the UK was “Britpop.” This became an umbrella term for a

. [This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The English language has been evolving for centuries. Each year,

This email arrived from Susan over the holidays. “Is there a word for the sense of immense disappointment that occurs

When the word “punk” is thrown about today, chances are the conversations (a) a form of loud, fast alt-rock; or

As someone who churns out tens of thousands of words every week–emails, blog posts, business documents, tweets, radio scripts–I’ve developed

Some musical terms worth remembering: Earworm: A clip of a song running through your head on a seemingly endless loop.

[This is something I wrote for Nightflight.com. Go there for more interesting music articles from a wide variety of authors.

In order to make the complex comprehensible, humans are always looking to put things into nice, neat piles. Music, for

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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 […]
Mark Silver