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Which genres did best under COVID quarantine? (Hint: A Canadian rock band was a global success)

It’s been a long, long time since there’s been anything normal about how music has been made, performed, recorded, and

[More summer encores. New shows begin the weekend after Labour Day. Rest assured, though, I’m already working on them, too.

I’m trying to imagine what it might be like to design an Amazon warehouse. A typical fulfillment centre covers at

A company called TickX commissioned a survey of 35,000 musicians from around the planet and compared their country of origins

Secondary ticket seller VividSeats took a look at how the mix of music is changing at some of the big

Since the birth of rock’n’roll in the 1950s, music has evolved, separated, stratified, and segmented into so many different streams.

In order to make sense of the universe, human beings have always needed to put things we encounter into neat

Streaming is changing everything about the way music is distributed and consumed. I find this new psychology of music fans

In the Olden Days, it was easy to place popular music into nice, neat piles: pop, rock, country, R&B, jazz,

June 5, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Genres, Spotify

How’s this for a cool gig: “Data Alchemist” for Spotify. It’s Glen McDonald’s job to classify all the songs on

To everything there is a season. When something new comes along, we jump on it, beat it do death and

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