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Random music news for Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Now in transit home from Thailand. By the time I get home, I’ll have been traveling for 32 hours. Ouch.

As you may have determined from my out-of-office note, I’m AWOL for the next bit. Where? Send an email to

I should be in Thailand by now. If not, something has gone dreadfully wrong. But I still managed to compile

Has anyone ever counted up the number of commercials that features the Trivago guy? And now, the music news for

On this day in 1962 at the Marquee Club in London, a band called The Rolling Stones played their first-ever

I saw my first back-to-school flyer over the weekend. Too soon. Waaaaay too soon. And now, the music news. Aerosmith’s

I asked for a room at the Sunset Marquis and they ended up giving me a villa. I wonder how

In terms of stuff, musicians will put their name on a number of things. Look at Kiss for example. But

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