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The North American concert industry seems to have bounced back from COVID. Check out these figures.

Pollstar, the company that keeps tabs on the health of the live music industry, just released its mid-year report for

Luminate (né MRC Data né Nielsen SoundScan) has released a sneak-peek of their Canada Music 360 Study, an annual look

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There have been few times in history when so many people have

This is why you don’t want to use “‘ji32k7au4a83” as your password. Who knew? Consider that as you move onto

A year ago in the midst of pandemic hell, a lot of people asked me when I thought we’d be

I wonder if this cat landed on his feet? I’ll try to find out while you look at music news

As Ontario enters its third lockdown due to COVID-19, the need to work hard to help save Canada’s stages becomes

Interesting: Donald Trump’s personal 757 is parked and abandoned at a New York airport. Now some music news for March

We’re quickly approaching a full year since in-person concerts stopped abruptly, without warning — and for who knows how much

Is anyone else being bombarded with spam saying that they’ve won/inherited/chosen to receive thousands or millions of dollars? I’ve seen

Looking for a good post-Christmas laugh? An extensive study has been done in order to find The Funniest Joke in

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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