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Get ready to dance in support of Music Therapy Awareness Month

March is Music Therapy Awareness Month and the Canadian Association of Music Therapists has a dance party ready to go.

How much oxygen do we have left? Oh. Think about that when you browse through music news for March 3,

January 18th is considered by some to be a “blue day,” or the saddest day of the year. Our holiday

Looking for a little musical joy in your life? Meet ASD, a very cool Canadian band of really talented musicians

As spring begins to move in and push winter out of its way, it’s also time to lace up your

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

Listening to a song you love makes you feel good, right? In a very basic way, that’s what music therapy

We all know about the health benefits of music. But if you want to take things to the max, you

For reasons unknown to evolutionary biologists, our brains seem to be hardwired for music. Did these parts of our brains

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

I’m a big, big believer in music therapy and the good it can do for people. Over breakfast at the

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
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver