Random music news for Tuesday, September 17, 2019
September 17th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Again, apologies for any erratic posting schedules this week, but I’ll do my best to keep things on track. Here’s
Browsing the "Smart Speakers" Tag
Random music news for Thursday, August 29, 2019
August 29th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Millennials have figured out how to stop spam calls on their mobile phones. Basically, if the phone rings, it’s spam.
Here’s a new report on music trends in Canada. Where do you fit in?
August 14th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Each year around this time, the Nielsen Company publishes what they called “The Canada 360 Report” which looks at our
Random music news for Wednesday, May 22, 2019
May 22nd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Game of Thrones is gone. So is The Big Bang Theory. And Veep. And Modern Family. I have to completely
Random music news for Thursday, April 25, 2019
April 25th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Sixty years ago today, the St. Lawrence Seaway opened for business. Moving on to music news for April 25, 2019…
Random music news for Monday, April 1, 2019
April 1st, 2019 | by Alan Cross
I HATE April Fool’s Day, so you can be assured that all the music news you’re about to read has
Another way technology is changing music whether we like it or not
February 28th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
There has always been a dance between technology and music creating at times an odd and unexpected sort of symbiosis.
Random music news for Tuesday, February 19, 2019
February 19th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
I rolled up the rim to win and all I got was four more weeks of winter. Now all I
Random music news for Thursday, February 7, 2019
February 7th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Back on this day in 1962, the US banned Cuban cigars. They’re still banned, right? Moving to music news for
Random music news for Saturday, December 22, 2018
December 22nd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
The days are getting longer. Can you tell yet? This is your music news for Saturday, December 22, 2018. Here
Random music news for Friday, December 21, 2018
December 21st, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Here’s what’s making music news on the solstice: December 21, 2018. Jacob Hoggard of Hedley finally has a date set
Random music news for Friday, December 14, 2018
December 14th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Plutonium was isolated on this day in 1940. As for music news on December 14, 2018… Nominations for the 2019
Random music news for Monday, November 19, 2018
November 19th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Last full day in Thailand. Then it’s a 27-hour ride home including an eight-hour layover in Seoul. I think I’m
Random music news for Saturday, November 17, 2018
November 17th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Yesterday was the 80th birthday of the synthesizing of LSD. Insert quip about the drug’s long, strange trip [here]. As
Random music news for Wednesday, November 14, 2018
November 14th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
On this day in 1952, The New Musical Express published the first-ever UK singles chart. Fast-forwarding to November 14, 2018,
So how are smart speakers doing in Canada?
November 6th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
We’ve heard plenty of data from the US and other countries about how quickly consumers are adopting smart speakers. But
Now that we’re beyond Halloween, we have to talk about Christmas music and the role smart speakers are going to play this year.
November 1st, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Now that Halloween is behind us, it all about Christmas. This is the weekend when dozens (hundreds?) of radio stations
Random music news for Thursday, November 1, 2018
November 1st, 2018 | by Alan Cross
The sound you heard at midnight was a bunch of radio stations flipping to an all-Christmas format for the rest
Random music news for Tuesday, October 30, 2018
October 30th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Music news for All Hallow’s Eve Eve: October 30, 2018. Weekly Canadian music sales and streams vs. this point last
Smart speakers are hot and getting hotter. Here are the latest figures.
September 20th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
The latest sales data has the Google Home Mini as the best-selling smart speaker of Q2 in 2018, accounting for
Random music news for Tuesday, September 11, 2018
September 11th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
September 11 is always a difficult date. It’s even more difficult when it falls on a Tuesday, just like it
Random music news for Saturday, September 1, 2018
September 1st, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Now that it’s September, I wonder how long it’ll be before some radio station flips to its annual all-Christmas format?
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