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Got a stressed dog? This musical MP3 collar might help.

March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Collar, Dogs, Music, Music Mutz

Doggos can have bad days, too. And just like humans, they respond to musical stimuli. There have, for example, been

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Music Industry 

Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats: 26 February 2023

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canadian, Luminate, Music, Sales, Streaming

Another weekly report from Luminate about where the Canadian record music industry stands. Year-over-year comparisons: And now let’s compare last

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If you need cheering up, look at this dog grooving to the music

February 19, 2023February 18, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dog, Music

This could be the cutest thing you’ll see a dog do all year. Watching the little guy just makes me

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Music has power over our brains. Here’s how.

February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brain, Music, Your Brain on Music

There doesn’t seem to be an evolutionary reason for our brains to he hardwired for music–yet it is. In fact,

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Modern music piracy

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music, Piracy, Pirates, Stream Ripping

Back it the day, music piracy meant sneaking a cassette into your pocket and walking out of the record store.

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Music Industry 

Why are Canadians such big music and TV pirates?

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments Canada, Canadians, IIPA, Movies, Music, Piracy, Pirates, Stream-Ripping, TV

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] I’ll admit it: If you go through the files on my

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Ongoing History of New Music Tech 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 973: Connections!

January 27, 2023February 2, 2023 Alan Cross 3 Comments BBC, Connections, Discoveries, James Burke, Music, Techology

Back in the late 1970s, the BBC debuted a science education show entitled Connections. The host was James Burke, an

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Music Industry Recommended Music 

Watch this grade 10 student explain the Canadian content regulations

January 26, 2023January 27, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments Cancon, CRTC, Music

She does it through song. Well done, my child. You have a future as a CRTC commissioner.

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Poll 

Drive a truck? Do you agree with these survey results on what music truck drivers like the most?

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music, Stereotypes, Truckers, Trucks

American Trucks, a website for, well, truck enthusiasts, decided to survey over 400 truck owners and 400 non-truckers to determine

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Funny/Weird WTF? 

A priest had a heart attack, went to Hell, and didn’t like the music

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments Bobby McFerrin, Demon, Hell, Music, Priest, Rihanna

I usually scroll past articles that promise a first-hand account of the afterlife from someone who had a near-death experience

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

New study says that musicians like to listen to music louder than the rest of us

December 24, 2022December 23, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Music, Musicians, Spinal Tap, Turn It Up to 11, University of Manchester, Volume

My first reaction was “Well, duh.” But then I read the whole report, always a wise move. According to a

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