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

Good timesuck: The first two hours of MTV on its first day in 1981

Just after midnight on August 1, 1981, MTV, the world’s first 24-hour music video channel signed on with a library

If you’ve seen some of Tool’s music videos, you might have thought “Man, this would make a good premise for

While we’re well beyond the era of sitting around watching music videos on MuchMusic or MTV–they barely show videos these

Like the guy in this video, I get a lot of people telling me they miss the old days of

The music industry is totally besotted by the marketing possibilities of TikTok. But what’s really happening? Watch the video and

Music videos may not have their own exclusive cable channel anymore, but they’re still an important way of promoting music–and

You’ll read all kinds of obituaries about Mike Nesmith, the brainiest of The Monkees, who died this week of natural

If there’s a genre that celebrates cars in its music videos, it’s gotta be hip-hop and rap. But given that

In coding? Then you might want to meet Marty the Moose. If not, there’s still music news for November 23,

The Tesla AI Robot is here. Because of course it is. Moving on to music news for August 21, 2021.

Each year, the Prism Prize seeks to honour the best in music video production in Canada. After sorting through more

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