Gen Z Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Friday, September 24, 1991.

On this day in 1991, Nirvana’s Nevermind, BloodSugarSexMagick, and Badmotorfinger from Soundgarden were all released. Yes, on the same day.

Olympics! Right. Probably should start watching, huh? But only after music news for July 24, 2021. To help get the

Spotify is forever analyzing the music consumption patterns of its users. And given that Millennials (ages 26-40) and Gen Zs

The big kerfuffle in the Cancel Movement last week erupted when Gen Zers (b. 1997-2002) learned of the existence of

SpaceX Starship go BOOM! Now some not-quite-as-explosive music news for March 5, 2021. Ian Brown of the Stone Roses is

Gen Z has taken a break from criticizing skinny jeans and side-parts because they’ve recently discovered that some Eminem lyrics

Given that Spotify’s biggest users are people 25 and under, it makes sense that the company conducts an annual study

I’m pretty sure it was the music historian Simon Frith who said “Every generation has the biological right to believe

RAIN had a cool story yesterday about the methods by which Americans are accessing music these days. What makes the

Beyond the demo known as Millennials is Gen Z, which is actually a larger cohort. Much larger. They’ve never known

Here’s something to make you think. Earlier this week, Adweek magazine published an article about the uprising of Generation Z.

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
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 […]
Mark Silver