Music Consumption Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Streaming consumption hit a new record in the US last year. These are BIG numbers.

BuzzAngle, a company that keeps an eye on what we listen to and watch, has released their final report for

You don’t realize how much our music consumption has changed until someone starts pointing out how different things were ten

There are those that will have you believe that traditional terrestrial radio is dead. “Who listens to that anymore?” That

Music Ally is an industry newsletter (subscription) from the UK that offers insight into many different aspects of marketing and

In today’s music environment, revenue isn’t going to come from selling pieces of plastic. And unless you’re written a song

How do you listen to music most often? The radio? A stereo? Your computer? If you said anything other than

A new report on music habits shows, perhaps unsurprisingly, that Canadian music fans aren’t devouring music at the same rate,

This is a long read from Medium but well worth it. The author begins with a comparison between Spotify (his

Human behavior is an interesting thing. Streaming is changing the way people consume music. This is from Forbes. Last week,

How many times have we heard the phrase “rock is dead”? It comes up with alarming regularity and almost always

Damn kids, eh?

Intimate gatherings of sports fans and media personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
Mark Silver
Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
Mark Silver