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Tuesday Timesuck: PLay with a Roland TR-808 and a TB-303 bass synth right in your browser

If you’re looking for a way to kill time today, composer Yuri Suzuki has created a website in concert with

Aliens exist. Tom DeLonge will be proven right. Moving to music news for February 1, 2020… This is important: A

Here’s the best part about potential North Korean missile attacks on the US: They’d have to fly over Canadian territory

May 4, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments adidas, TR-808

It used to be that sneakers just needed to keep your feet comfortable. Now, though, they’re expected to make some

There are few musical appliances that changed the course of music history like the Roland TR-808 drum machine. It’s now

It’s rare that a piece of music-related technology can seismically alter the future of composing. But that’s exactly what happened

The Roland TR-808 was (is?) hands-down the most important drum machine ever made. And instead of scrolling through your Facebook

You may have never, ever seen an 808 in person, but I know for a fact that you’ve heard one

Pigeons and Planes points to the 808 Cube, which is a virtual cross-breeding of the familiar Rubik’s cube and the

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 […]
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