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Random music news for Friday, November 30, 2018

It’s been a bad year for romaine lettuce, hasn’t it? I miss my caesar salads. Here’s some music news for November

One year of Trump. How y’all feeling? And now, some music news for November 9. Speaking of Trump, Paul McCartney

About ten days ago, I sat in on a talk by producer Steve Lillywhite who went off on a jag

Off to Winnipeg to visit the folks tonight. I’ve packed lots of mosquito repellant. The indie music sector is really,

Business takes me to the Gold Coast of Australia this week. As far as you’re concerned, I’m standing upside down.

You may have heard that indie labels across the planet are steamed at YouTube because the company has unilaterally set

You may have heard that YouTube, the largest source of music in the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way, is

There was an interesting panel at the AIM Connected Conference in London yesterday which dealt with indie artists/labels in the

The Genius of Live Sports Production – Paul Graham In Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 013 December 1, 2020
The best live sports executive producers are a blend of genius, in both art and science. Whether we realize it or not, as viewers, we are of course more deeply engaged in cliffhangers. Match outcomes that keep us tuned in until the very end. That is where the executive producer shines. The research and preparation […]
Mark Silver
Intimate Gatherings of Sports Fans and Media Personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
Mark Silver