System of a Down Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

What might a professional singer think of System of a Down?

In this episode of The Charismatic Voice, professionally-trained singer Elizabeth Zharoff takes a close listen to and offers some vocal

Dorothea Taylor may be a grandmother, but she can still rock pretty good. Here she is performing a drum cover

Reaction videos can be a big meh, but this one from the Charismatic Voice–a vocal coach and trained opera singer

I just read that the question mark is derived from a cat’s tail–as the cat is walking away. Is that

Nice makeup job, Robert. And notice the blurring on Toyah. My guess is that she’s been getting some feedback from

It’s a bit late in the season, but PUCK HCKY, the purveyors of hockey-themed gear, has entered into a deal

Yep. This comes from a YouTube channel called There I Ruined It which focuses on destroying songs by transposing them

Just when you thought the story of Rudy Giuliani couldn’t get any weirder, his daughter has written a piece called

Need more System of a Down in your pandemic life? It’ll cost you — while helping support humanitarian efforts in

This is Blue Monday, right? It’s supposedly the most depressing day of the year. Hopefully, it’s at least sunny where

It’s Cyber Monday. But given that so many of us are in lockdown anyway, is that even a thing this

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