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Ongoing History of New Music Daily: A STP lesson in crowd control

When Scott Weiland was still fronting Stone Temple Pilots, he had no trouble getting into a fight with someone in

I recall being rather shocked the day when Stone Temple Pilots’ Purple came into the radio station in the spring

Building and maintaining a band is a lot like building and maintain a sports team. You struggle and wheel-and-deal and

You have music you don’t know about and never asked for. And no, I’m not talking about a U2 album.

The community of musicians is like any other. While most people are good, you will have your bad actors: musicians

[NOTE: I’m on vacation this week, so there will probably be fewer postings than usual. – AC] Eight years ago

What if you could own a piece of your favourite song? And you get a piece of the musician’s royalty

Do Toronto newspapers have the absolute worst comics sections in all of North America? It’s embarrassing, really. Now let’s look

The Stone Temple Pilots have just released their first single with their new singer. This came out around 7 am

According to one group, a new US civil war is supposed to start today. Meanwhile, in music news for November

I’m already looking forward to the hour of extra sleep this weekend. But seriously: we should just get rid of

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
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver