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Random music news for Friday, February 4, 2022

This guy got hacked by North Korea. So he took down their entire internet from his bedroom. Respect, dude. Here’s

Artists from across Canada are coming together to help with flood relief for disasters on both coasts. You can learn

Rush wasn’t the only power trio to come out of Canada in the 70s and 80s. There was also Triumph,

Like Space Invaders? You haven’t seen anything like this. Time for some music news for August 13, 2021. This isn’t

Back to work after a short vacation. Things on these pages will be operating as normal for the next while.

With Record Store Day set for June 12 and July 17 this year, we needed some musicians to serve as

Happy birthday to Green Day drummer Tre Cool. He’s 47 today. In other music news for December 9, 2019… Rapper

Back in the 70s and early 80s, Canadian hard rock was ruled by a couple of power trios. There was

On this day in 1955, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sold its first transistor radios. When it comes

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