Alan Cross

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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.

17 Secrets of the Music Industry
Explaining myths and exposing secrets that the industry would rather fans didn't know about

The Eternal Battle: Technology vs. Music
The 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.

Music in 2022
A look ahead to how we'll enjoy our music ten years from now.

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.

Summary Profile

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.

Alan has been deeply involved exploring the present and future relationships between music, technology and social networking.

Alan is the Senior Program Director for Splice Interactive, the online arm of Corus Radio. Between 2004 and 2008, he was program director of 102.1 the Edge/Toronto and was named Canadian PD of the Year at in 2005, 2006 and 2008.

Alan's acclaimed weekly rock documentary program, The Ongoing History of New Music, debuted in February 1993 and since there, there have over 600 one-hour episodes, all researched, written and produced by Alan. The show is now heard on a dozen stations across Canada and has spun off four books, a weekly national newspaper column, daily podcasts and more than a dozen CD compilations.

His audio books, The Alan Cross Guide to Alternative Rock, Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 are out now and are some of the best selling audio books ever for Harper Collins Canada.

Alan's latest project is as head of Chief Musical Officer of ExploreMusic and ExploreMusic.com, a new radio-and-web initiative by Splice, Corus Entertainment's online division. It provides music fans new ways to discover music and to recommends music to other fans in innovative ways that merge traditional and new music.