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Random music news for Thursday, September 2, 2021

America is facing another toilet paper shortage because of COVID. Let’s try some music news for September 2, 2021. Two

I’d never heard of Caught a Ghost before this week. They’re an LA indie band with exactly one album to

Fifty years ago, officials in Oregon, had to nuke a whale. And that’s not much of an exaggeration. And thirty

This is NOT an April Fool’s joke: Dogs are being trained to sniff out the coronavirus. And should you wear

The oldest podcaster in the world is 101. Give her a listen here. Meanwhile, I have this for music news

They’re called music supervisors and have the power to place your song in a movie, TV show or commercial, something

Artists know that licensing their material for use in a movie or a TV show can be an important source

After a stream of bad news, this has to make the people in Waterloo rather happy. Ford, which co-developed the

I write quite a bit about connected car technology because along with loving cars, I’m also fascinated where this kind

Watching the halftime show this past Sunday, I tried to figure out what was being played live and what was

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