I got the Airwaves. The first smaller program will test shoot today. A program to discover new music with the catchy title “Someone has to play it first”. A show where I play things I just heard or discovered. I

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Even if it was expected it came as a shock when it happens. Jay Frank’s death was not that expected even though he had suffered badly for the last year of cancer. Or yes you sometimes know the outcome, we

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I got one of those emails when the artist wishes that I should give feedback on their songs. I’m a bit reluctant to do that. You can see in the new situations with bloggers and magazines they have almost all

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No there is no human right to give out music! Even though many crappy musicians seem to think that. I just had a nutcase that really made me think the forbidden words “it was better before”. This particular idiot wants

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Just saw a friend posted about a local band being signed to a bigger festival organizer. Never heard about the band before so I was a bit curious. I had heard about their former band though. It was one of

Continue ReadingThe world of empty streams sounds metallic!

It’s summer and I thought I would do some reruns (yes I have learned well from my years in the TV industry). This is the chronicle I do in Cashbox Magazine Canada and Record World. It’s longer versions of any

Continue ReadingWhy I Go to Showcase Festivals, Forget Facebook Time (Cashbox Story)

It’s summer and I thought I would do some reruns (yes I have learned well from my years in the TV industry). This is the chronicle I do in Cashbox Magazine Canada and Record World. It’s longer versions of any

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It’s summer and I thought I would do some reruns (yes I have learned well from my years in the TV industry). This is the chronicle I do in Cashbox Magazine Canada and Record World. It’s longer versions of any

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I had talked to one of my friends that bumped into some crazy shit. I was not surprised after all the years. I’m not surprised by how crazy some people are and how they react. Actually, it’s more common that

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I recently saw a post in a web forum from a manager that was asking for connections to a couple of big publications. His artist had been added to two bigger “editorial” playlists on Spotify and was doing some 100,000

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