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Girl, Don't Get Sassy: Surviving the Canadian Music Industry
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Beyond Avril: The Ultimate Guide to the Women Who Defined 2000s Canadian Alternative Music
Whatever happened to the ‘Anti-Pop’ stars? A 2000–2010 journey from pop-punk to the alternative underground.
May 22
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Why Every Millennial Remembers Their First CD: What Was Yours?
Buying your first record used to be sacred rite of passage, but with no physical media, what will Gen Alpha do?
May 14
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Samantha Matusoff
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The $100K Coffee Cup: How Google Breaks the Music Industry
Why search results decide who gets a into the music industry before they even start
May 8
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Samantha Matusoff
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April 2026
20 Thoughts from Running a Sold-Out Show While Getting Sexually Harassed
Dark lipstick, sold-out sets, and the survival tactics women never talk about. This wasn't my worst night... it was just a Tuesday
Apr 29
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Samantha Matusoff
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13 Things You Don’t Realize About the Music Industry Until You’re Inside It
What actually changes will surprise and even shock you.
Apr 24
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Why Florence + The Machine Revived a 2,400-Year-Old Performance Technique
A 20-year music industry insider decodes why the 2026 ‘Everybody Screams’ tour traded digital spectacle for an ancient theatre secret.
Apr 18
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Samantha Matusoff
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100 First Dates in the Music Biz: Confessions, Ghosting, and the Day I Stopped Saying Yes
What 20 years of meetings, ghosting, and blurred boundaries taught me about surviving the music industry
Apr 13
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Samantha Matusoff
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I Didn't Lose My Ambition When I Became a Mother. The Industry Lost Me.
New research confirms what mothers in music already knew: the system pushes us out.
Apr 9
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Samantha Matusoff
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13 Things I Would Tell You About the Music Industry If I Wasn’t Afraid to Hurt Your Feelings
The parts of the music industry no one says out loud, from 20+ years behind the scenes.
Apr 1
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March 2026
I'm Not Watching the Juno Awards This Year
What it feels like to step away from an industry you helped build
Mar 27
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Samantha Matusoff
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Thinking About Proposing at a Concert? Read This First - What Producers, Security, and Bands Actually Want
Why most on-stage proposals are denied and what it actually takes
Mar 23
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Samantha Matusoff
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A Signed LP is Still a Signed LP, Right?
Sometimes the autograph didn’t come from the artist
Mar 17
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Samantha Matusoff
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