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It was a tough summer for Canadian music festivals. Here’s why.

[This appeared in the Financial Post this weekend. If you’re wondering why the Canadian music festival scene had a rough

One of the questions I get most often these days goes something like this: “What’s wrong with music festivals? Why

Sartre had it right when he said “Hell is other people.” This especially can be true if you’re stuck in

Glastonbury is the world’s best-known music festival, so what happens there is scrutinized by the both the music and festival

Going to or performing at a music festival can be a fantastic experience. But staging such an event is fraught

Now that we’re halfway through the Coachella weekends, our attention turns to listening to music while standing in a muddy

The issues I have with weekend music festivals are the camping bits. I don’t like sleeping in a tent on

As a frequent business traveler, I’ve noticed a trend where hotel and airport restaurants are starting to serve breakfast (i.e.

In another edition of Completely Ignored, Cameron Gordon has created a graphic featuring artists who have headlined Toronto music festivals

Is there something special happening in Canada today? I seem to remember that there’s supposed to be some kind of

Off to Vegas for the Life is Beautiful music festival. What could possibly go wrong at an outdoor music festival

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
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 […]
Mark Silver