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Random music news for Thursday, July 1, 2021

Expecting to die one day? Go to Mars! On that cheery note, here’s just news for July 1, 2021. Is

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?

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