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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

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver