Geeks and Beats Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 292: All things must pass. It’s the grand finale.

After eight seasons, the Geeks and Beats podcast has wrapped up. It’s mostly my fault because my schedule has become

The children’s musician Raffi on fighting fascism, supporting Black Lives Matter, taking piano lessons at 75, and the science of

The United States might have put a man on the moon first, but it was the Russians who first sent

Nobody cares about audio until they can’t hear it. But when it comes to VR, what makes the virtual real

Named by WIRED as one of “22 people changing the world,” pioneering singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has

The inspiration for this week’s episode was the release of Robbie Robertson & friends’ cover of “The Weight” for “Playing

Has there been a better time for Canadian rock bands than the 1990s? Tyler Elynuik doesn’t think so. Elynuik’s name

Turning the graphic novel Scary Girl into a VR world was a tall task for Dark Slope Studios. Author and creative director

The hit by the manufactured (animated!) band designed to cash-in on this new demographic called the “teenager” just turned 50.

Doctor Nadia Azar drops by the G&B studios to talk about her work at the University of Windsor on the

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