Guinness Book of World Records Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Behold the fastest drummer in the world. He’s 11.

Drummers love to play fast. But what are the limits of the human body? At the moment, those limits are

Nanobots are now real. This will freak out the tinfoil hat people. The music news for November 19, 2021, is

There are a number of songs that profess to be the longest ever, including a bunch of AI-powered composition programs

She smuggled a gun into jail HOW? Oh. Sorry for the mental image. Distract yourself with music news for April

When music was confined to pieces of plastic like vinyl LPs and CDs, there was limit to the number of

Back at work after two weeks of time off and just in time for tonight’s Polaris Music Prize gala. I’ll

The reason you’re reading this is because on this day in 1991, the World Wide Web was open to the

Remember last spring when the Whitchurch Pup in Stouffville, Ontario, tried to pull off the longest concert ever? More specifically,

The Guinness Book of World Record has a category for everything. For the 2018 edition, it has just certified K-Pop

It finally came to an end around midnight his past Tuesday/Wednesday. The Guinness Book 0f World Records is now in

Point to Canada. Shortly after 7 am Sunday (April 2), during a performance by Shotsy and the Vortex, the group

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