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Music Industry 

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

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Artists, COVID-19, Music Canada, Survey

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

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Poll 

Weekly survey: What more can the recorded music industry do beyond Black Out Tuesday?

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Out Tuesday, Survey

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

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Music Industry Music News 

Live music is “more stimulating than sex”–according to a live music company

September 28, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Live Music, Live Nation, Sex, Survey

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

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Music News 

Weekly survey: What’s your worst neighbour-from-hell experience when it comes to music?

August 21, 2018 Alan Cross 3 Comments Bell Biv DeVoe, Eva N., Placido Domingo, Survey

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

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Movies 

Weekly survey: What’s you’re all time favourite movie soundtrack

July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 Alan Cross 26 Comments Soundtracks, Survey

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

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Music News 

Weekly survey: What was your best/worst mosh pit experience?

March 12, 2018 Alan Cross 10 Comments Mosh Pit, Survey

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

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Music History 

Weekly survey: name albums with three immortal killer tracks in a row

March 5, 2018 Alan Cross 54 Comments Albums, Joshua Tree, Survey, U2

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

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Music Industry 

Weekly Survey: How worried are you about the disappearance of the CD?

February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 Alan Cross 6 Comments CD, Compact Discs, Survey

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

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Podcast 

Canadians Finally Get a Study on Podcasting Habits

October 28, 2017October 27, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Canada, Podcasting, Survey

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

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Gadgets 

Spotify Would Like You to Take a Survey So It Can Tune Things Better to Your Tastes

July 18, 2017July 18, 2017 Alan Cross 2 Comments Playlists, Spotify, Survey

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

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Music News 

Canadian Survey: “Concert Ticket Buying Bots are Bad.” Well, Duh.

May 9, 2017May 9, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Angus Reid, Bots, Scalpers, Survey

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

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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