Ontario Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The biggest obstacle to going back to concerts? It could be getting liability insurance.

A year ago in the midst of pandemic hell, a lot of people asked me when I thought we’d be

After Gord Downie died, a private member’s bill was introduced in the Ontario Legislature by NDP MPP Percy Hatfield to

The pandemic has decimated so much of the Canadian music industry, so the promise of funding is help musicians is

Looking for something fun to do Saturday night without increasing your risk of exposure to a deadly virus? Support local

What do you do when it’s the end of the worst year in our collective memory and you can’t go

Ontario continues to take its COVID-19 mitigation protocols seriously as the province slowly reopens for business region by region. Starting

Ever buy tickets for a hot show from a secondary ticket seller only to later realize (too late!) that the

Governments all over the world have it out for bots, scalpers, and ticket resellers. In the last week, two provinces,

The Ontario Government handed down its first budget under Doug Ford today (April 11). If you had the time to

As someone who spent a lot of time in the band room in high school and then went on to

One of the things that the new Ford Conservative government did was delay the previous Liberal government’s plans to impose

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