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March is Music Therapy Awareness Month – today, March 1, is World Music Therapy Day – and there are many

Music is meant to be shared. For millennia, humans have created instruments, developed sounds and shared those sounds with people

Albert Einstein got the hell out of dodge when he fled Nazi Germany for the US on this day in

A new way for artists to engage fans and raise money for music therapy in Canada exists through Covers for

A BC music therapy organization called Music Heals asked this question of a number of people, including Walk Off the

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
Creating An Entertainment Culture – Jeremy Cammy In Conversation With Tbp Podcast Ep 009 October 27, 2020
Thinking back, pre-covid, did you consider that visit to your local big-box bookstore an entertainment experience? For those lucky enough to attend a book signing or celebrity talk, you’re even more aware of the lasting impact that encounter had on your deep connection to the store’s brand. For Canadian retailer Indigo, at the centre of […]
Mark Silver