John Cage Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The most monumental note change in years happened over the weekend. Watch/listen here.

As previewed in this space last week, an insanely rare musical moment was executed on Saturday when a new set

Back in 1987, experimental composer John Cage unveiled Organ2/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible), a piece that when performed on piano

Death metal band Dead Territory has released this cover of John Cage’s “4’33”.” If you don’t get the joke–actually, it’s

One of the weirdest avant-garde compositions of all time is John Cage’s 1952 work, “4’33″” (You pronounce it “four minutes

Ruth Blatt–who has been excerpted in these pages many times before–wrote this Forbes article entitled “The Remarkably Simple Technique Behind

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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