Magnetic Tape Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Ongoing History Daily: An update on tape rot

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

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

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

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

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

If you’re a regular reader of these pages, you’ll know that I believe the cassette is a hateful, outdated, obsolete

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

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