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Random music news for Monday, August 2, 2021

August 2, 2021August 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Drake, Hockey, Lyric Video

A good question: Why are so many millennials obsessed with dogs? Nice story. Now some music news for August 2,

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This Guy Completely Hijacked a Lyrics Search for Lenny Kravitz’s “Fly Away”

July 5, 2017July 5, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Lenny Kravitz, Lyric Video, Neil Cicierega

One of the most popular music-related searches on the Internet is for lyrics. Kudos then to comedian Neil Cicierega for

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Billy Talent is Streaming a New Song: “Loud Than the DJ.” It’s Good. Very Good.

June 8, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Afraid of Heights, Billy Talent, Lyric Video

I first heard a demo of this track back in April and immediately loved it largely because of its message

Fifty Years After Its Release, the Rolling Stones Release a “Satisfaction” Lyric Video

July 9, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 50th Anniversary, Lyric Video, Rolling Stones, Satisfaction

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stones hit that came to Keith Richards in the middle of the

How Lyric Videos Became the Hottest Thing

December 17, 2013December 17, 2013 Alan Cross 0 Comments Lyric Video

It used to be that making a music video required dozens of people and hundreds of thousands of dollars. Not

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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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 […]
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