Alan Cross
Host of The Ongoing History of New Music
Alan Cross is an internationally known broadcaster, writer, blogger and speaker. In his 30 years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. Since 1993, he’s been the host of the radio documentary series The Ongoing History of New Music, which is heard across Canada and the US. He’s also written four reference books on alt-rock, recorded four audio books (all top-sellers on iTunes), written liner notes for dozens of CDs and contributed to magazines and other publications in Canada and the US. He’s also a sought-after college and university lecturer, writes a weekly national music column for Metro and travels to music festivals all over the world.
Alan Cross is an internationally known broadcaster, writer, blogger and speaker. In his 30 years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. Since 1993, he’s been the host of the radio documentary series The Ongoing History of New Music, which is heard across Canada and the US. He’s also written four reference books on alt-rock, recorded four audio books (all top-sellers on iTunes), written liner notes for dozens of CDs and contributed to magazines and other publications in Canada and the US. He’s also a sought-after college and university lecturer, writes a weekly national music column for Metro and travels to music festivals all over the world.
Alan has been deeply involved exploring the present and future relationships between music, technology and social networking.
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Survival Tips from the Music Industry
The music industry has seen some major changes over the past few years. Alan discusses how certain companies were able to swim and think creatively, while others sank.
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How your Organization can Utilize Social Media like Rock Stars
Alan has studied why certain artists are successful, and how a large component of the "make or break theory" is an artist's ability to communicate with it's audience. Alan discusses today's most successful bands, how they use social media to stay connected and how your organization can do the same.
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17 Secrets of the Music Industry
Explaining myths and exposing secrets that the industry would rather fans didn't know about
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The Eternal Battle: Technology vs. MusicThe century-old love-hate relation between technology and the people who make music. Alan discusses who won and who lost. What a long, strange trip it's been.
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Music in 2022
A look ahead to how we'll enjoy our music ten years from now.
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January 200020th Century Rock & Roll-Alternative Rock
The 20th CENTURY ROCK AND ROLL Series from COLLECTOR’S GUIDE PUBLISHING presents the top artists of the last half century in an informative and entertaining format that will keep you interested from cover to cover. The series features books on PSYCHEDELIA, ALTERNATIVE MUSIC, PROGRESSIVE ROCK, HEAVY METAL, POP, GLAM, PUNK and WOMEN IN ROCK, each with details about its top artists, their music, their records and their effects on music and society.
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February 1996The Alternative Music Almanac
A collection of the seminal alternative music moments that shaped the music and made the artists the legends they are today.
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