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Random music news for Thursday, March 18, 2020

Just for fun, let’s start with Tom Petty on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Damn the (photon) torpedos? (Give

Like everyone else, musicians are finding ways to occupy themselves during this time of lockdown. Blue Oyster Cult performed this

Mike Portnoy is one of the few drummers in the world who might have been able to keep up with

It’s the future. Time for the first roundup of music news of the new decade. Here’s a list of all

Why not? The Internet was made for this kind of experimentation. (Via Loudwire)

You might remember the video of Mike Portnoy doing his thing on a Hello Kitty drumkit. Now behold Zakk Wylde

Metalheads will know Mike Portnoy for his work with Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, Dream Theatre, Twisted Sister, Adrenaline Mob and

Pricing a 30 Second Spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver
Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
Mark Silver