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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

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
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Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
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