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This is why the music industry is paying such close attention to social media

There’s a new survey by the Pew Research Centre into how American teens use social media. The music industry would

Spongebob? Is that you? If not, who or what is it? Ponder that as you browse through music news for

Wait: Climate change is affecting gravity? That would get people’s attention. So might music news for July 27, 2022. Sexual

Sermons gone wrong. Music news done right for July 26, 2022. Eddie Vedder’s voice is back. He’s recovered after damaging

Why would a robot dog with a machine gun bother anyone? Oh, right. More indications of the dystopian future ahead.

No, Mark Zuckerberg. Just…no. Get back to reality with a look at music news for June 23, 2022. Glastonbury begins

The loudest sound ever heard on Earth was an estimated 310 dB. What could possibly make that much noise? This.

George Carlin had something to say about the current abortion situation in America. Anyone else miss him a lot? Let’s

Earlier this week, I posted a story on this site about how the Rockin’ 1000, that Foo Fighters-obsessed collective in

The Foo Fighters, a band that’s always game when it comes to trying something new, are working with Facebook (sorry,

Imagine if this was your mom. Now that image is in your head, this is music news for February 7,

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