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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: An update on tape rot

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Magnetic Tape, Tape Rot

Storing audio for long, long periods of time isn’t as easy as we once thought.  For example, about a dozen

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Tape and CD rot

April 8, 2022April 7, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments CDs, Magnetic Tape, Rot, Vinyl

I think it goes without saying that we as a species would like to preserve our music forever and ever,

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Music History 

Let’s give credit to three unsung pioneers of music.

October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Fuzz Pedal, Grady Martin, Guitars, Jack Mullin, Louis Hardin Jr, Magnetic Tape, Moondog, Pionners, Unsung Heroes

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca and was adapted from the much more in-depth Ongoing History of New Music

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Sonic Youth’s guitar sounds

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Magnetic Tape, Music Industry, Recording Tape, Stereo, Vinyl

Few bands managed to get as many sounds out of a guitar as Sonic Youth. What was their secret? In

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, October 28, 2019

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Church of Satan, Donald Trump, iPhone, Kanye West, Magnetic Tape, Music Teachers, Noel Gallagher, Prince, Rush, Tool

In LA on a movie junket (more on that later), right in the midst of wildfire season. The best hope

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Music Industry 

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cassettes

December 18, 2017December 16, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cassettes, Magnetic Tape

If you’re a regular reader of these pages, you’ll know that I believe the cassette is a hateful, outdated, obsolete

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Tech 

Sony Develops Magnetic Tape That Holds 185 TB (NOT a Typo). Let’s Make a Playlist with It.

May 5, 2014May 4, 2014 Alan Cross 3 Comments Backup, Magnetic Tape, Sony, Storage

I haven’t used a tape drive for backup for years and frankly, I had no idea that it still was

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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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    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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