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Pandemic

Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Noise and the pandemic

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments COVID-19, Hearing, Noise, Pandemic

The last couple of years have been really hard on everyone. We’ve all spent more time at home than we’ve

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Funny/Weird 

Use Interac? There’s a new feature called The Sound of Spending

August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canada, Interac, Pandemic, Sounds of Spending

Because of the pandemic, I’ve had the same twenty-dollar in my bill for over a year now and there’s a

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Music News 

Djooky Music Awards look to unite the world through music

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments COVID-19, Djooky, Djooky Music Awards, Fan Vote, Global, International, Pandemic, Streaming, streaming contest

The still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic made it really difficult for everyone, including musicians who lost their ability to tour and

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Music News 

Check Your Head podcast combines musicians, mental health

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Check Your Head, Check Your Head podcast, Covid, COVID-19, Depression, Headspace, LGBT, Mari Fong, Mental Health, Musicians, Pandemic, Podcasts, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund

The past 18 months or so have been really tough on everyone’s mental health, including artists of all stripes. Not

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Music News 

Curtain up (sorta)! Live theatre returns to Toronto April 8

March 21, 2021March 21, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments C-O-N-T-A-C-T, College Park, Covid, COVID-19, Downtown Yonge, Dundas, Enterprise Canada, Live Theatre, Pandemic, Performance, The Elgin, theatre, Winter Garden Theatre, Yonge Street

This is not an early April Fool’s Day prank: A new in-person, live, outdoor theatre event is happening on April

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Recommended Music 

We might as well adopt this as Canada’s official pandemic anthem

March 21, 2021March 20, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments 22 Minutes, COVID-19, Pandemic

It kinda ticks all the boxes, doesn’t it?

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, March 9, 2021

March 9, 2021March 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alishia Chinai, Billboard, dance clubs, Facebook, Frogs, Led Zeppelin, Madonna, National Album Day, Noise Cancellation, Oasis, Pandemic, Red Rider, Slade, Tom Cochrane

A “smart mask?” Yep. Here’s why you might want to consider one. Study: We need more women in recording studios.

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Music News 

#FortheLoveofLive wants your concert stories and support

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Canadian Live Music Association, Concert Venues, Concerts, Covid, COVID-19, Live Music, Massey Hall, Miranda Mulholland, Pandemic, Roy Thomson Hall, shut down, stay home orders

We’re quickly approaching a full year since in-person concerts stopped abruptly, without warning — and for who knows how much

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Music Industry 

Survey says Canadians are worried about the future of live music in this country

February 9, 2021February 8, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Canada, Pandemic

Music Canada, the organization that represents the interests of this country’s recorded music industry, recently conducted a survey on how

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Music News 

Home workouts powered by Dua Lipa, SAINt JHN, The Weeknd and Kanye

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Calvin Harris, covid 19, David Guetta, Doja Cat, Drake, Dua Lipa, Eminem, Joel Corry, Kanye West, Meduza, Megan Thee Stalion, Pandemic, PureGym, SAINt JHN, Spotify, The Weeknd, Tiesto, Tones and I, Topic, Workout

If you’ve been getting creative and working out at home during this (good grief will it ever end) pandemic, newly

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Friday, December 25, 2020

December 25, 2020December 24, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Depeche Mode, Diddy, Foreigner, Grammys, Guitars, Killers, Metallica, Pandemic, Porno for Pyros, Radiohead, Reginald Fessenden, Rihanna, Speakers, Talking Heads, Tekashi 6ix9ine

Merry Christmas! Bet you thought there’d be no music news for December 25, did you? Wrong. An original Dave Grohl

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Music Tech MeetUp

Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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    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 […]
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