MusiCounts Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The importance of, and lack of funding for, music education

In the past 12 years, there’s been a ton of research into the benefits of music education and all it

Feeling lucky? Want to help MusiCounts? The 50th JUNO Awards 50/50 Raffle is currently underway, with a take-home prize of

MusiCounts is Canada’s big music education charity and takes up so much of the slack when it comes to exposing

Organizations that help bring music into the lives of young students deserve all the help and support they can get,

Gather the family ‘round the old streaming device and settle in for a night of favourites for the annual MusiCounts

Need something fun to do on a Thursday night? Has it been ages since you’ve felt the urge to go

Another ticket seller is speaking out about how it intends to address canceled and indefinitely postponed events during the coronavirus

Every year, there are kids across Canada who want to take lessons and learn how to play instruments while their

MusiCounts, the music education arm of CARAS, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, does good work. They raise

Kim Hastings, a teacher in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, is this year’s MusiCounts Teacher of the Year. “She has worked

It was 55 years ago today that Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald dead thereby cementing the “who killed JFK”

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver