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This is why boomers hate today’s pop music. Discuss.

I once read that “every generation has a biological right to believe that the music of their youth is the

Are you woke? Are you sure? On to music news for July 10, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: Aid to the

For years, the global pop scene has been dominated by songs sung in English. That’s changing, thanks in large part

One of the more thought-provoking things I read over the weekend was a New York Times article on how pop

Popular music is always roiling with cycles, trends, and fads. Things come into favour and just as quickly discarded. And

I walked into a restaurant for bacon and eggs this morning and what’s the first thing I heard? Mariah Carey’s

Pop music tends to be happy-sounding stuff, songs constructed to make us sing along, dance or, at the very least,

There’s been an ongoing and dynamic symbiotic relationship between music and tech since the process of recording music was invented

These aren’t exactly the most cheery of times: Donald Trump, Brexit, terrorism, white supremacists, North Korean bluster, climate change–you know

Ever get the feeling that so much modern pop music is really quite, well, terrible? I mean, truly, honestly awful?

Two articles in The Guardian explore the current state of pop music. The first has to do with “interpolation,” the

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver