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Liner Notes

Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 908: Digital Debris part 3 – Liner notes

February 5, 2021February 4, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Liner Notes, Ongoing History, Streaming

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

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Poll 

Weekly survey: Do you miss album artwork and liner notes?

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Alan Cross 5 Comments Artwork, Liner Notes

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

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Opinion 

Mourning the death of liner notes and album credits

February 6, 2020February 5, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Album Credits, Liner Notes

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

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Music News 

Another plea to bring album and song credits into the digital world

August 29, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Liner Notes, Metadata

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

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Music News 

U2 Liner Notes Presented as a Short Film

January 13, 2018January 12, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Liner Notes, U2

Well, this is different, innit?

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Music Industry 

There’s a Petition to Get Apple to Up Its Liner Notes Game

August 11, 2017October 7, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Liner Notes

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

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Music Industry 

What Do We Do About Album Credits in the Digital Era?

April 27, 2016 Alan Cross 3 Comments Album Artwork, Liner Notes

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

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Music Industry 

Let’s Ask Again: What Do We Do About Liner Notes in the Digital Age?

July 26, 2015July 26, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Digital Music, Liner Notes, Rush, Spirit of Radio

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

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Tech 

Is This App the Solution to Our Liner Notes-Less Digital World?

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments app, Digital Files, Liner Notes, Rap Genius

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

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Tech 

New Service Called 3plet Wants to Bring the Album Experience to Digital Music

January 20, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3plet, Album Artwork, Digital Files, Liner Notes

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

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Music Tech MeetUp

Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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RSS The Backstage Project – Sports & Entertainment Podcast

  • Delivering Reach for the Biggest Brands – Alan Dark in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 027 April 12, 2021
    In a world obsessed with digital and mobile engagement, as well as the rise of subscription streaming entertainment services, like Netflix and now Disney+, it’s easy to overlook the going’s on in the broadcast media business. The reality is, the 75-year-old business is having a moment. Perhaps it is due, in part, to a global […]
    Mark Silver
  • Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
    This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
    Andrew Dick
  • Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
    Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
    Mark Silver
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