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All About Iggy (Pop)

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments #AllAboutIggy, Album Release, Free, Iggy Pop, Liss Gallery, Photo Exhibit, ROCKthusiast Playlist

[Frequent contributor Gilles LeBlanc went to the Liss Gallery photo exhibit on Iggy Pop, and filed a report as part

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Calgary Philharmonic Offers Free Music Education Across Canada

December 9, 2017December 7, 2017 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments Calgary Philharmonic, Education, Free, Music

You don’t often hear the word free when you think of education, especially for music. The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is

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Burlington’s Sound of Music Announces Free 2017 Father’s Day Weekend Lineup

April 28, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments 2017, Burlington, Father's Day, Festival, Free, Sound of Music

Sound of Music festival is back with more news! The Burlington event announced The Offspring and LIVE as their Kick-Off concert

Cool!

Free Webinar About Home Recording Tonight

October 7, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments Free, Home Recording, webinar

If you’re not doing anything this evening and have an interest in home recording, why not register for a free

Music Industry

How Much Money from Streaming is Coming from Ad-Supported Freebies? Most of It.

September 26, 2015September 25, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Free, Freemium, Streaming, Subscription

There are two ways you can enjoy a streaming music service. First, you can subscribe for $10 or so and

Music Industry

Forbes: Music Has a Terrible Perceived Value Problem. Well, Duh.

September 2, 2015September 1, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Free, Music, Value

In the pre-Internet days, it was easy to ascribe a value to music: it was how much it cost to

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Download a Free Sampler from Dine Alone Records

December 10, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dine Alone, Download, Free, Sampler

How the hell did the boss convince his staff to pose in the ice-cold waters of Lake Ontario? [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/179802921″

Music History

Metallica is Giving Something Away for Free? Really?

March 5, 2014March 4, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concert, Download, Free, Live, Master of Puppets, Metallica

Yep. They’re offering up a September 21, 1986, show at the Hammersmith Odeon in London–the Master of Puppets tour–for a

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Free Download of Compilation of Metal Valentine’s Day Songs

February 13, 2014February 12, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments All Else Fails, BornBroken, Breached, Death Toll Rising, Deathpoint, Download, Edge of Attack, FATALITY, Free, Kill Matilda, Metal, Mire, Psychostick, The IN'n'OUTS, Trainwreck Architect, Unbeing, Until Dawn, Valentine's Day

Listen, there’s nothing that says that songs for Valentines’s Day have to be all mushy. Maybe the occasion calls for

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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The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
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