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Tuesday Timesuck: PLay with a Roland TR-808 and a TB-303 bass synth right in your browser

If you’re looking for a way to kill time today, composer Yuri Suzuki has created a website in concert with

Today marks three years with Trump as president. Seems longer. Here’s what I have for music news on January 17,

Most who played in a garage band dodged the Wedding Singer bullet. But they’re the inspiration for your favourite music,

Something happened in astronomy on this day in 1967 that eventually resulted in one of the most famous album covers

Back in the 70s, musicians like Edgar Winter came up with the idea of slinging a synthesizer around their neck

Happy International Women’s Day! Remember that as you peruse the music news for March 8, 2018 There will be one

Here’s the best part about potential North Korean missile attacks on the US: They’d have to fly over Canadian territory

Happy 7th birthday, iPad! And now, the music news… Over the weekend, Bob Dylan finally picked up his Nobel Prize,

For reasons I can’t explain, I’m a big fanboy when it comes to vintage synthesizers. New Atlas points us to

There are few musical appliances that changed the course of music history like the Roland TR-808 drum machine. It’s now

It’s rare that a piece of music-related technology can seismically alter the future of composing. But that’s exactly what happened

Intimate gatherings of sports fans and media personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
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