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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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Random music news for Saturday, July 31, 2021

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, BTS, David Hassellhoff, Facebook, Japan, Lil Miquela, Lollapalooza, Marilyn Manson, Nickelback, Podcasts, Radio, Radio Edits, Shakira, Virtual YouTubers

On “vacation” again for the next week, but that doesn’t mean the music news stops, does it? Here’s what’s happening

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Are we approaching peak podcast? Maybe. Look how many are being created.

July 15, 2021July 14, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Anchor, Podcasting, Podcasts, Spotify

According to a report yesterday in RAIN, podcasts continue to multiply faster than most bacteria. In 2013, 335,000 new podcasts

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Random music news for Tuesday, July 13, 2021

July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Anti-Vaxxers, Apple TV, Blink-182, Canada's Walk of Fame, Cancer, Cardi B, Dan Reynolds, Imagine Dragons, K-Pop, Mark Hoppus, Netflix, NFL, NFTs, Nightclubs, Podcasts, Radio, Super Mario, Voice Cloning, YouTube

That’s a little too much for a Super Mario 64 game, don’t you think? Now let’s switch to music news

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Random music news for Saturday, July 3, 2021

July 3, 2021July 3, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album Artwork, Brexit, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Funco, Grace Jones, Kanye West, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Podcasts, Queen, Scott Weiland, Seinfeld, TikTok, Tucker Carlson, Twenty One Pilots

Would you want to ride a skateboard that can go 50 kph? Nope. Not ever. But I will provide some

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Some new information on podcasts: How do you discover and listen?

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Podcasts

The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2021 (via RAINN) is out and features a dive into the world of podcasts

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Random music news for Monday, June 21, 2021

June 21, 2021June 20, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Covid, Infotainment Systems, Jay-Z, Mozart Effect, Noel Gallagher, Podcasts, Podz, Porsche, Sparks, Spotify, Streaming Audio, Tom DeLonge, UAPs, UFOs, Wedding Songs, Wiggles

This is one weird looking animal. Now we’re off to music news for June 21, 2021. French police broke up

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Random music news for Wednesday, June 16, 2021

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ad-Rock, Alex Lifeson, Dave Grohl, Eric Clapton, Facebook, Hipgnosis, Jay-Z, Movie Theatres, NaadSadhana, Podcasts, Radiohead, Roger Waters, Rush, Snapchat, Spotify, Trent Reznor, Vinyl

Want a pizza? Maybe you can use this thing. Take a look and then move on to music news for

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Apple starts with podcast subscriptions on Tuesday. Here’s what that does and doesn’t mean.

June 10, 2021June 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Podcasts, Spotify, Subscriptions

After a delay of about a month, Apple Podcasts start offering subscriptions–i.e. listen-for-a-fee podcasts–beginning Tuesday (June 15). Here’s what that

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Random music news for Thursday, June 3, 2021

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brian Johnson, Cameo, David Bowie, Ferrari, Girl from Ipanema, Joe Meek, L7, Lou Reed, Marc Bolan, Motley Crue, Nick Mason, Podcasts

This car can go from 0-60 mph in 1.85 seconds. Want. And now, music news for June 3, 2021. These

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Random music news for Monday, May 31, 2021

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amnesty International, Apple, Axl Rose, Biko, David Bowie, Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Faith No More, Friends, Guns N'Roses, Kanye, Led Zeppelin, Marilyn Manson, Mike Patton, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Peter Gabriel, Podcasts, Rembrandts, Sinead O'Connor, Weezer

It’s Memorial Day in the US but music news never sleeps, you know? Here’s what’s happening for May 31, 2021.

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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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    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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    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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