Smartphone Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Yes, the Canadian music industry wants a fee on every smartphone sold in this country

The iPod Tax is back, except that the Canadian music industry wants a fee slapped on all smartphones because we

It’s Monday and your view of the world probably isn’t at its most cheery. Take a look at this site

Your smartphone is a marvelous piece of technology, a lot of computing power jammed into something you can put in

With the iPhone X set to go up for pre-order at 3:01 AM tomorrow morning (October 27), a lot of

Happy Thanksgiving to all! (Yes, America, we do things differently up here.) And now the music news for October 9.

Seventy years ago, something crashed at Roswell, New Mexico. Probably a stupid grey. And now, the music news for July

Although we long passed the tipping point where most people own some kind of smartphone, there are still some holdouts.

When you’re having dinner with family and friends, PUT THE DOWN THE GODDAMN PHONE. Please, You can do without the

Call it a smartphone that goes up to 11–or something like that. Patrick Charles reports from sister website, Geeks and

Whenever I get in the car, I immediately plug in my iPhone. The problem is that I have no place

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