Survey Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Are you a Canadian musician? This survey wants to hear from you about the age of COVID-19

Music Canada, the spokesgroup for the recorded music industry in this country, wants to get a handle on how musicians

To demonstrate solidarity with those protesting the brutal death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police last week,

The science is in, I guess. Live Nation, the largest promoter of musical events in the world, commissioned a study

The kid would come around like clockwork every Sunday at 2 pm during prime nap time. He set up a

Since we’re right in the middle of summer blockbuster season, it’s probably a good time for this question: What’s your

Have you ever found yourself down front at a gig and been sucked into swirling vortex of a mosh pit?

Sequencing an album is hard. You want to make sure that the first song ropes in the listener enough to

Over the weekend, we heard that Best Buy was going to phase out selling CDs in all remaining stores that

We’re told that podcasting is hot, a statement that’s backed up by all kinds of American statistics and studies. That’s

Spotify’s data boffins are always looking for ways to improve the music selections they serve up to subscribers. Algorithms are

We all hate those cheatin’ concert ticket buyer robots and scoop up everything the nanosecond they go for sale online.

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
Mark Silver
Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
Mark Silver
In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
Mark Silver