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Random music news for Thursday, April 28, 2022

This is the best headline of the year. Beat it. I dare you. I wish I could have up with

It’s a record! It’s a circular saw blade! It’s both! The new limited-edition (25 only) release from The Weeknd features

I’m going to be hosting an online music trivia contest for charity in a couple of weeks. Wanna play? Get

I was at Costco yesterday–wearing a mask, of course–when got a tickle in my nose and sneezed. From the looks

She has two? And she’s also a sex worker? Wow. Let’s see if I can match that with music news

Well, I picked a grand time to leave the country, what with all the sudden new travel restrictions. I can

Toronto’s Ryerson University (or whatever it’s soon going to be called) is about to offer a course in Drake. Actually,

The Tesla AI Robot is here. Because of course it is. Moving on to music news for August 21, 2021.

Every week, we’re sent dozens if not hundreds of promotional emails from agents, PR firms, and hopeful artists containing the

What happens on the internet in a minute? This. I wonder how many people are looking at music news for

Broadcasting from around the world for 24 hours, a trio of Canadian stars have joined the lineup for this year’s

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 […]
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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 […]
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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