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How has live music exploded in 2022? Let me tell you.

Recession? What recession? Live Nation announced second-quarter results this week and reported a 40% increase in revenue, not from the

Just when you thought life couldn’t get any worse, there’s now a siracha shortage. Best rush out and stock up

Oh, how we’ve been waiting for this to happen: North By Northeast is returning to Toronto for a full week

I was speaking to someone last week about the post-COVID concert scene and they were most excited about seeing their

With the return of concerts and festivals comes the resurrection of the debate of fans spending all their time videoing

Here’s another question designed to gauge your appetite for seeing concerts and festivals in a year when COVID will hopefully

Some friends were over for dinner on the weekend. At one point in the evening, the conversation turned to a

After a couple of years in the COVID desert, festivals are starting to make a tentative comeback in Canada. Here

COVID restrictions are not only being dropped in other countries around the world but in a rag-tag way in provinces

This was the year when much of the live music scene tried to get back on its feet after COVID

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] If there’s one question I get most often about live shows,

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