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If you’re a musician and need to pitch your song to radio, you need to see this

If there’s one question I get more than any other, it’s “How to I get my song on the radio?”

I’m supposed to be on vacation this week–it’s another “use it or lose it” situation–but with nowhere to go, I’m

Here’s one of the best reasons you should use the pandemic to start exercising more. Think about that and then

Indie Week promotes itself as the premiere emerging artist festival in Canada with five days and nights of music, showcases,

The big day might not come until November, the deadline for early Indie Week registration is April 9 – just

Hard to believe it, but bands can already register for Indie Week 2019, scheduled for November 13-17 in Toronto. Early

Okay, people time to take down the Halloween decorations. Those skeletons hanging in the tree in the front yard aren’t

My friend in Singapore WhatsApp’d me to say that the nighttime temperature has fallen to 24 degrees. “We’re wearing LAYERS, dude!”

Question: Will Donald Trump throw Donald Jr. under the bus over this whole Russia thing? And now, music news for

That bug that causes extreme respiratory distress has got me. It’s disgusting. And now, the music news. The 14th annual

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
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver