Songs Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Here’s another round of coronavirus-inspired songs

Like everyone else, artists are locked in their homes with little to do. Some have taken the opportunity to write

March 15, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments Songs, WKRP

When WKRP in Cincinnati debuted on CBS in the fall of 1978, it introduced a radical use of music. Up

This is pretty grim, but given that we’re all going to shuffle off one day, it’s always good to think

Late December is the slowest time of the year for any kind of news, so many media outlets default to

Almost every popular song has a chorus, that repeating part that often contains the song’s hook, its most memorable musical

June 21, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beer, Music, Songs

This might come in handy this summer: What songs go with what beers? From the Grapevine has some tips. Here’s

Let’s speculate for a moment on the future of songwriting. This comes from Medium.com. In songs, we get new, and

Okay, maybe not every pop song, but map maker Javier Arce (please tell me his last name isn’t pronounced “arse”)

Always a favourite subject (sex that is), there are always arguments around what the best songs are to play whilst

A number of years ago, I produced an Ongoing History of New Music episode called “Space” which looked at how

One of the things about art is that you can camouflage what you’re really trying to say. Here are nineteen

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