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SOCAN offering travel assistance to help musicians get back on the road

This could be music to many people’s ears: The SOCAN Foundation is once again accepting applications for its Travel Assistance

The bad dreams started when the planes disappeared. I live under the flightpath of aircraft landing at YYZ. There are

The World’s Most Popular Podcast™ has the gadget guide for anyone looking to make their escape this holiday season. And

Glastonbury, the world’s most famous music festival, sells out more than eight months in advance, even without any idea of

Whenever I go to London, I try to indulge in as much music history as I can. There’s nothing like

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver