NASA Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Someone needs to sample this sound of a meteoroid striking Mars

I’m pretty sure you can replicate this sound with a Roland Jupiter 8, but why when you can use something

Yes, yes. I know that in space no one can hear your scream. (If you don’t get the reference, you

The big astronomy story of last week was the release of a photo of Sagitarrius A*, the supermassive black hole

There’s nothing more powerful in the universe than a black hole, the mysterious remnants of an ultra-giant star that has

Science has discovered The Most Boring Person in the World. Meanwhile, music news for March 21, 2022, is anything but.

If NASA is going to do anything in deep, they need a big rocket. The solution is the new Artemis

There are many signals from space, some of which can be translated into audible sound. NASA has this collection of

First a little nerdery. Light and all forms of radiation are part of the electromagnetic spectrum. It’s possible to shift

Ever wondered what kind of music might someday be made in space? Wonder no more: A Spanish instrument designer has

NASA’s Perseverance rover is equipped with a special microphone that can pick up sounds of Mars. The atmosphere is extremely

Thanks to an LA musician named Jason Mazilis, a hardcore fan of space exploration, a special microphone was included as

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 […]
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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 […]
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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