Under Construction

As you can see i’ve decided to darken the font colours a bit on my pages to make them more legible on certain devices. And I will probably start tinkering with some of the pages because they look at bit crowded. Hope that you will like the changes.

BTW, if you’re looking for discounts on iTunes gift card it looks like some Real Canadian Superstores are offering 15% discounts on $50 and $100 gift cards. This offer requires an in-store coupon and ends on October 22nd, 2015. Please consult your local flyer for details.

Don’t forget to look at your other flyers for details on the Canadian Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales some chains are offering, like at Sears.ca.

October 9th, 2015 Comments Off on Under Construction Uncategorized Rob McIntyre

Gift Card Offers – Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaplus

Participating Shoppers Drug Mart and Rexall Pharmaplus stores are offering discounts on iTunes gift cards until October 8th, 2015.

Shoppers Drug Mart’s 15% off on $50 and $100 iTunes gift card offer starts tomorrow and Rexall Pharmaplus’ 10% off $50 and $100 iTunes gift card offer starts today. Consult your local flyer for details.

October 2nd, 2015 Comments Off on Gift Card Offers – Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaplus Uncategorized Rob McIntyre

2015 Global Citizen Festival


The 2015 Global Citizen Festival
Live Streaming From 4 pm to 11 pm Eastern Standard Time
click here for details

September 26th, 2015 Comments Off on 2015 Global Citizen Festival Events, Music Industry Rob McIntyre

Syrian Donation Information

The Canadian government will be matching donations until December 31st, 2015 so I thought i’d link a few sites where donations can be made :

September 16th, 2015 Comments Off on Syrian Donation Information Events, Random Bump Rob McIntyre

The Laser Record Player

Back in the 80’s an American company called Finial turntable had started working on an optical turntable that uses lasers instead of a stylus to play records. And although the technology had garnered seven million’s worth of investment, the emergence of compact discs eventually caused it to fail to be manufactured.

It had issues related to playback, namely the inability of lasers to push dust aside and to read single and long play records that were back in colour and the popularity of compact discs grew day by day so the technology was shelved and sold to ELP Japan, who have been trying to reignite demand for the product since 2008.

The device is of course quite expensive because it is not mass produced, from US$9,000 to US$14,000 new depending on the model. But perhaps it will become more affordable with the resurgence of vinyl. Who knows ?

September 12th, 2015 Comments Off on The Laser Record Player Consumer Information, Music Technology Rob McIntyre

In The Mood For Some Indie ?

I have just been sent the Unsigned Only Music Competition 2015 winner listings and quite a few independent Canadian artists and bands have won first place, second place and honourable mention this year :

  • Patrick Lehman – “Games” – First Place / Adult Contemporary
  • Brock Zeman – “Pulling Your Sword Out Of The Devil’s Back” – Second Place / Americana
  • Liz Labele – “Bomb’s Away” – Second Place / Top 40 Pop
  • Willa – “Swan” – First Place / Rock
  • Jules Collarile – “City Lights” – Second Place / Teen

You can listen to samples of the winning compositions and access the honourable mention listings by clicking here. And BTW, they are accepting submissions for 2016.

September 11th, 2015 Comments Off on In The Mood For Some Indie ? Events, Random Bump Rob McIntyre