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Random music news for Friday, September 18, 2020

Here comes Playstation 5. And here comes music news for September 18, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: A safe music festival

Gotta go to LA for a movie junket tomorrow just as southern California is burning up in wildfires. Swell. Meanwhile,

It was on this day in 2001 when the US invaded Afghanistan. They thought it would be a quick war.

Millennials have figured out how to stop spam calls on their mobile phones. Basically, if the phone rings, it’s spam.

Happy 57th birthday, Axl Rose. And now for music news on February 6, 2019. A Foo Fighter got hurt and

One of the great things about the alt-rock revolution of the 1990s was its seemingly endless diversity. The sounds from

Left the hotel in Singapore at 3:45 am Wednesday morning. I’ll arrive home in Toronto at 7:25 pm the same

I love tutorials like this. Thanks to the Lonely Vagabond for passing it along. Making Prodigy’s “Smack My Bitch Up”

All right, back to work. Only 78 days until spring. And while we’re on the subject of a new year,

As the family comes round for Christmas this year, show them this video of one of the No So Old

Still in Australia. Scheduled to meet a kangaroo today. But what I really want to find is a wombat. Spiders

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
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Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
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