Musical Tastes Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Take this test to see if you’re a truly “experienced” music fan.

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] I’m going to tread lightly with this column, hoping to avoid

The University of Cambridge is conducting a study involving the capacity people have for empathy and their willingness (or stubbornness)

Can your musical tastes give the world insight into how your brain works? Why, yes. Yes, it can. Your playlists and

If we’re honest, we’re all music snobs to some extent. But what shapes those musical tastes? Why do you hate

Having trouble finding your soulmate because you keep running into musical differences? Noisey attempts to help. Is there anything worse

The British love their surveys–and here’s another one. People who admitted to adulterous relationships were quizzed on their musical preferences

I nominate this study as the dumbest piece of music-related scientific research of the last five years. From The Telegraph:

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
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