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

Weekly survey: How important is your online image?

With each successive generation, we’re getting away from an era when people lived without the internet and all the behaviors

This woman really loves tattoos. I mean, really loves them. Once you’re done with her, here’s some music news for

A music research firm called MusicWatch has released a study of young vinyl buyers in the US (i.e born 1989

Now that COVID has receded for the moment (or has it?), concerts are back in a big way. Analysis shows

Who’s rocket was this? No one knows. I do know something about music news for June 30, 2022, though. R

Hmm. Interesting. And so is music news for April 23, 2022. Think COVID is done? Hardly. Check out all these

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

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