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

Artists are demanding that their music is pulled out of Russia

When you’re a songwriter, you depend on performing rights organizations (PROs) to collect money when your song receives any kind

Diana Day + 20. Where we you when you heard? Let’s get up to date as far as music news

You’re not supposed to include copyrighted music in a podcast without seeking permission from the rights holder, something that can cost

The one question I get more than any other is “Can I get Ongoing History shows as podcasts?” The answer

We’ve written in this space about WKRP in Cincinnati, the beloved show of radio types. For decades, the shows haven’t

I’m at the Hyatt Riot on the Sunset Strip. Foo Fighters interview today then off to the airport to fly

The headline in Adweek sums everything up: easy money and a way to appeal to new audiences. Back when people

With physical and digital music sales sliding, artists and music publishers need to find new sources of revenue. That’s why

It wasn’t all that long ago that the idea of, say, licensing a song for a TV commercial was not

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