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Weekly quiz: Are Imagine Dragons still an alternative band?

Artists may go through many different phases in their careers. Sometimes, circumstances and market forces will see a band the

Worrisome news from Mars via Perseverance: Still no sign of Matt Damon. But there is music news for February 20,

Can you imagine if Jack White were paid royalties every time a soccer crowd chanted “Seven Nation Army?” (He gets

Every parent chooses different times for their children to be fully exposed to mainstream music. For some, they don’t change

It must be a blast to work at Polygraph, which describes its mission as “a publication that incites water cooler

Three days in the Caribbean and no sign of chikungunya yet. Fingers crossed… Bob Geldof doesn’t think Paul McCartney is

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