Pledgemusic Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Tuesday, July 30, 2019

On this day in 1962, the Trans-Canada highway opened for business, making it the longest national highway on the planet.

Today is one of my favourite days of the year. This long weekend signals the unofficial start of summer in

The first weekend without football since June. Time for NASCAR. And did you know that the UN has declared today

If there’s one band that will never, ever say die, it’s Anvil. They’re turning to Pledgemusic to fund their next

Things got very, very scary for Sum frontman Deryck Whibley a few years ago when his body told him in

Now that Weiland will never, ever be part of the Stone Temple Pilots or Velvet Revolver again, he’s, um, free

Bush, the pseudo-grunge band fronted by Gavin Rossdale (also known as Mr. Gwen Stefani), wants to make a new album,

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