Liner Notes Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Digital debris part 3 – liner notes

[This week, next week, and then new shows! – AC] When you listen to music through a streaming music service,

When you listen to music through a streaming music service, how aware are you of what it is you’re listening

I spent part of the weekend filing records and CDs, a task that should have taken no more than 15

Last week, I finished up writing the liner notes for an upcoming reissue by an iconic Canadian artists. Even though

If you do good work, you want the credit, right? If you contribute to something important, you want your name

Well, this is different, innit?

One of the crappy aspects of digital music files is that we don’t get things like artwork. Well, we get

When you put in hard work on a project, you want it to be noted. Everyone wants to be recognized

Had it not been for old-school liner notes, you wouldn’t be reading this. Here’s why. In early 1980, a bunch

It’s called Rap Genius which notates your digital files, allowing you to browse for things like lyrics, news articles, history

While I still buy CDs and vinyl, the vast bulk of my music purchases are digital files. It’s convenient, but

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