Rick Beato Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Provocative stuff: Will rock music come back?

Rock music hasn’t been the leading form of popular music for a while. Will it ever come back? Let’s have

Here’s an interesting take on the recent catalogue sales by heritage artists by Rick Beato.

How can you teach people about music without playing songs? Here’s the issue with YouTube’s copyright strikes from Rick Beato.

One of the most popular Ongoing History series I’ve ever done was a multi-part examination of the 90s. This video

Rick Beato has a great online series that examines all areas of guitar playing. Here is his speaking with Steve

I love it when someone deconstructs a song in a way that explains why it stands above others. This is

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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