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RIAA takes swift action against HitPiece and warns any potential copycats to reconsider

Rarely does anything within the music industry move fast. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), however, has a fire

Within a calendar day of making a notoriously terrible first impression, HitPiece has zapped its website back to life, smug

A strange thing is happening with the iTunes chart Top Songs chart. In the past, it functioned as a barometer

In the old days of physical media, it was very common for albums to be mixed in such a way

I love this guy. Over to music news for October 10, 2019. Think you’ve got father issues? Read this about

If you have a Mac, you might have already seen a notification saying that it’s time to upgrade from Mojave

My iTunes library is bulging with about 80,000 tracks with some 4,500 of those being purchases from the iTunes Music

Anything that promises an enriched musical experience is fine by me, so this announcement from Apple caught my attention. The

For a variety of reasons, Tool’s music was absent from iTunes and all streaming music services until Friday (August 2).

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] At its annual World Wide Developers Conference last Monday, Apple killed

When it was first introduced in 2001, iTunes was just music management software for makes. But Apple kept asking more

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