Predictions Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

What can a band do when a key member dies? Let’s explore the Foo Fighters situation

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] One of the knocks against the Foo Fighters has been that

Shazam, the Apple-owned app that magically identifies songs by listening to them, is used by people all over the world

Our credit cards are going vertical. That may take an adjustment. Here’s music news for January 4, 2022. Musicians we

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Like you, Omicron has bummed me out. Just as we thought things were

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Once upon a time, it was comparatively easy to make predictions

Let’s be very, very clear about what the Grammys are. First and foremost, they’re a prime time network TV show

The year is but 14 days old, so with more than 350 days to go, let’s ask this question: If

Off to Las Vegas for CES. Never been before. This should be weird, Meanwhile, here’s some music news for January

It won’t be long until the Christmas shopping credit card bills start coming in. It’s the most un-wonderful time of

Now that American Thanksgiving is almost here, making predictions for 2019 has once become a parlor game for music industry

For my mom, the best time to buy all the supermarket tabloids is right about now when each of their

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