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Random music news for Thursday, October 17, 2019

The Wife’s birthday tomorrow. Cannot forget that, even though she insists no one should make a big deal about it.

While not the first of its kind, Woodstock was a legendary event even before the first notes were played. Next

Day two of my solo staycation. Maybe I’ll clean out the shed today. Or maybe I’ll just post some music

You can see why the legend of The 27 Club endures. Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and

When a famous artist passes on, he/she/they can be outlived by their art, a massive and valuable body of work

Take a look at this graph. It’s a Google trends snapshot, measuring interest in David Bowie (as in the number

I think I’m in Kuala Lumpur. Or I may have popped back to Singapore for a second for some extra

First, DO NOT PANIC. This is the last podcast of Season 2 but we’ll be back with Season 3 after

Elvis Presley would have turned 80 today. Had he still been with us (and took care of himself), he might

It was 30 years ago today that the original “Do They Know It’s Christmas” was recorded. There’s now a book

Shep Gordon had no idea what was involved in managing the careers of rock stars when he met Jimi Hendrix,

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