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Random music news for Friday, April 8, 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Canadian May long weekend is when it should be safe to get the gardens in without worrying about any

I got my census form in the mail the other day, so that’s on my list of tasks for the

Since most of us have been home for most of the past year (or should’ve been…), tons of people have

It’s finally happening — unfortunately. Users of Google Play Music found out the hard way this week that they can

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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 […]
Andrew Dick
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