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Random music news for Wednesday, August 4, 2021

A scary question: What comes after the Delta variant? Vax up, mask up, and wash your hands. Moving to music

Fifty years ago, officials in Oregon, had to nuke a whale. And that’s not much of an exaggeration. And thirty

Cool. A floating Apple Store. Elsewhere in music news for September 11, 2020… Why do artists get paid so little

On behalf of everyone in the part of North America where May weather has yet to assert itself, go home

If there’s a holy trinity of rock’n’roll, it’s Chuck Berry, Elvis, and Little Richard. Richard–real name: Wayne Penniman–not only helped

If you’re not watching the show UnREAL–the behind-the-scenes drama of a fictitious reality show–you should. It’s brilliant. Season two just

The first professional baseball league, The National Association, started its first season on this day in 1871. And now, music

The bull terriers found a nest of bunnies in the back yard. It wasn’t pretty, but they were really proud

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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