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Random music news for Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Wait: Climate change is affecting gravity? That would get people’s attention. So might music news for July 27, 2022. Sexual

[Story by Karen Coughtrey. Photos by Ross MacDonald. – AC] On a beautiful spring night in Ottawa, the city’s major

I get a lot of email from young musicians asking for advice. The most popular questions are “How do I

Artists may go through many different phases in their careers. Sometimes, circumstances and market forces will see a band the

That’s a little too much for a Super Mario 64 game, don’t you think? Now let’s switch to music news

It’s an addition that might raise a few eyebrows for an international exercise ride-along, but the Tragically Hip are one

Just for fun, let’s start with Tom Petty on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Damn the (photon) torpedos? (Give

Probably not a great story for a Monday, but hey, we need caffeine, right? (Via Walter) Moving now to music

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There those within the music industry — artists, especially — who

There’s a new gold rush going on within the music industry. Companies are buying up the publishing rights to thousands

Wednesday’s Twitter hack could be worse that we thought. Add that to the pile of crap that is 2020. Let’s

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 […]
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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 […]
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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