Ryerson Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Want to take a university course in Drake? Here’s your chance.

Toronto’s Ryerson University (or whatever it’s soon going to be called) is about to offer a course in Drake. Actually,

Music Canada, the group that represented the recorded music industry in this country, has created a new survey seeking to

Wait. What’s that above Yonge-Dundas Square in downtown Toronto? It’s…it’s the SAM THE RECORD MAN SIGN! After years in storage

A group of seven students in the RTA program at Ryerson University in Toronto are working on a new collaboration

For decades, the spinning record (and after 1987, records) on the Sam the Record Man sign were one of the

Just before Christmas, a couple of nice people from the Ontario Attorney General’s Office came to see me about the

There was a time when study of any sort of popular culture, especially–gasp!–the music everyday people listen to–was not just

In my position as this year’s Broadcaster in Residence at for the Allan Slaight Broadcast Institute, I was asked to

On the heels of the debate over diversity in Hollywood, Ryerson University is going examine the situation in radio. From

I’m amazed at the growing number of conferences devoted to the collision of music and technology. This, of course, is

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