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Random music news for Thursday, January 23, 2020

My winter speaking tour starts tonight. Details here. Maybe we’ll end up discussing the music news of January 23, 2020.

Back to school, back to work. The next three months are, as usual, going to be insane. Here’s music news

I really should pay more attention to what’s happening in our country rather than watching the next installment of the

The Foo Fighters have enjoyed bringing a variety of people up onstage with them during this current tour. At the

It’s 4/20. Are you even paying attention to music news today? No, I didn’t think so. The doctor who prescribed

Happy International Women’s Day! Remember that as you peruse the music news for March 8, 2018 There will be one

A bazillion years ago, I worked as a fry cook at an ice cream shop in my hometown. Above the

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
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