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Ongoing History Daily: Music has never been cheaper

Once upon a time, buying music was VERY expensive. If you go back to the 1950s, the average price of

One of the best things about being a member of Pearl Jam’s Ten Club–the band’s official fan club–has been the

Back in the early 1990s, just before Soundgarden was to have their big breakthroughs with Badmotorfinger and Superunknown, Chris Cornell

The Great Lakes Blizzard happened on this day in 1977–40 years ago–which saw Buffalo and the surrounding area hit with

Another day, another re-release. This time, it’s New Order’s compilation album Singles. Including all of the band’s greatest moments from

What’s your preferred format of music? CDs? Vinyl? Digital files? Streams? A little bit of each, maybe? And once you

As much as I like albums (or at least the concept of albums), let’s face it: we’re living in an

Future Islands made their national network debut last month and the resulting discussion has been, well, vigorous. But in a

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