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Music News 

Someone has figured out how to turn playlists into music therapy

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Therapy, Playlists, Therapiists

We all turn to music when we need a little mental health pick-me-up. But what if there was a way

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, September 26, 2022

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Billy Corgan, Dead, Emojis, Ghost, Kanye, Playlists, Polaroid, Ryan Gosling, Smart Speakers, Spotify, Streaming, Tommy Lee

2022As the kids say, I was today years old when I learned this about Google’s “no internet” page. And here’s

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

In pain? What you might need for relief is the right music: study.

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music, Pain, Pain Relief, Playlists, Study

New research into pain management by boffins at Queen Mary University and University College Dublin suggests that music can be

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, May 28, 2022

May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, BTS, Creed, Harry Styles, Liam Gallagher, Metaverse, NFTs, Noel Gallagher, NRA, Playlists, Ringo Starr, Spotify, Turntables, Voyage

This is why we can’t have nice things. We can have music news for May 28, 2022, though. The killer

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, April 8, 2022

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments a-ha, Airpods, Amazon Music, Covid, Dethklok, Joy Division, Kanye, Metal Lords, Playlists, Spotify, The Weeknd, Twitter

I’m going to be hosting an online music trivia contest for charity in a couple of weeks. Wanna play? Get

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

The proper way to pair food and music

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chipotle, Food, McDonalds, Pairing, Playlists

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Before friends arrived for dinner last week, the household was in

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, March 12, 2022

March 12, 2022March 12, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments AM Radio, Amazon, CDs, Compact Discs, Concert Tickets, Eurovision, Kim Kardashian, Lars Ulrich, Muppets, Paul Stanley, Playlists, Russia, Song Catalogues, TikTok, Ukraine

Does anyone else find it strange that news networks will show the uncut carnage from Ukraine but if there’s any

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Want to get your song on playlists for studying? Here’s what you do.

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Playlists, Spotify, Studying

Sometimes when you have to cram for something–school, work, some kind of special project–it helps if you have some music

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Lists 

Need motivation to get through the winter? Try these songs.

November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments Motivational Songs, Playlists, Spotify

A gambling site called Gala Bingo commissioned some research about motivational songs. They went through 450,000 Spotify playlists and collected

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, September 23, 2021

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Algorithms, Anti-Vaxxer, BLM, Eric Clapton, Playlists, REM, Songwriting, Ted Nugent, Thorens

Fun with chalk and a blackboard. (Via Tom) And here’s fun with music new for September 23, 2021. If you’re

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WTF? 

Stupid study alert: These are the songs people prefer while sitting on the toilet.

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Playlists, Poo, Pooping

No, really. I get the idea that people are running out of things to study when it comes to music.

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