Selling Out Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Tuesday, July 27, 2021

In all seriousness, I was wondering about this. Can COVID be transmitted through farts? Doctors say it’s possible. Ponder that

What is “selling out?” In its purest form, it’s compromising your values, principles, and art in exchange for money. But

In the days before the Internet, big stars were lured to do TV commercials in Japan. They made big bucks

For many fans, art should be done for art’s sake. Any attempt to willfully make money from any artistic endeavour

You’re watching TV and a commercial break comes on. The song in the background of the first ad is immediately

The first Godzilla film was released on this day in 1954. Now, some music news. Canadian folk legend Ian Tyson

It wasn’t all that long ago that the idea of, say, licensing a song for a TV commercial was not

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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