well, enough politicz 4 me. we’ve all made our choices and now we have to live with the choice we have made in a President to guide us 2 prosperity or Chao’s. !!!!...Let’s get back 2 the thingz we love muzik….lol xD yaayaaayaaaaa!
its… Visit me I’m Lonely..lol I got pic’z,(my daughter the photog..).
http://www.myspace.com/ejaymongooz7Well too much Heat 4 me,Dropped Da construction job,stickin’ with my job workin’ inside(it’s cooler). need New equipment,software upgrades,etc. but I have enough songz on retainer 4 U 2 enjoy I guess. Hope everyonez havin’ a Happy & productive Humpday,weekendz on Da way so don’t worry though,I can’t wait. Friend’z & Fans, thanx 4 listenin’ & voting though, voting and (Award’z??)aaanhhh lately doesn’t mean much to me as much as song appreciation as a new artist . “Artists and Singers, I am continually floored by the Professionalism,Quality ov yur work,though not suprised,U all have GOD’s gift ov the same music skills that King david had when he was young & played his songs to comfort then King Saul’s troubled mind. There R people out there now with equally troubled mind’z that listn 2 our muzik though Good or Evil for comfort & release from the cares of life with yur hard work. Still voting ,but due 2 my unflexible work schedule,I get them N when I can,so keep sending me posts that I can use az a guide when I get Home. Seriously thinking about going back 2 DJing,but not 2 compete, 26 years into “DJ” retirement…lol,I don’t know,back to “MORE” school again I guess. Besides you only live 1nce.
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Tokyo (Japan) –A new generation of high capacity optical discs could be on the way as Pioneer claims to have developed read-only disc media with 16 layers and a total capacity of 400 GB. The company believes that the technology could “greatly reduce the number of discs to be used and therefore contribute to the conservation of resources.”
The technology provides 25 GB of room on each layer, bringing the capacity of one 16-layer disc to 400 GB. While the 25 GB per-layer capacity is equivalent to what Blu-ray provides, Pioneer did not say which technology its new discs are based upon and did not even mention whether blue laser or red laser technologies were employed. However, Pioneer stated that the 16-layer discs would be “compatible” with current BD discs.
In a press release, Pioneer simply stated that “this development has bolstered Pioneer’s confidence in the feasibility of a large-capacity optical disc, which is expected to become necessary in the near future.” For now, the company has only succeeded in creating a 16-layer read-only optical disc, but the company believes that it can transfer the technology to recordable discs as well.
As well as being a rock superstar, Peter Gabriel has been a key player in the rapidly developing musical digital world. I talked to him about his latest project and the future of music in today’s Telegraph. An idealist with a sharp mind and a huge interest in new technology, he has interesting opinions on how digital technology can change not just music, but also the world, for better.
I am hugely optimistic. You are getting artists big and small that are building direct relationships through a database to their fans, and that’s never been possible before. Once you have that you have means of sustaining musicians. The Incredible String Band came to Real World studios and got 120 fans to pay £60 each. With that money they booked the studio time, made the record, did a web broadcast, and suddenly they were in business based on 120 people. In the old model, A&R would say you have to have 100,000 sales just to justify signing an artist. So what that should mean is that maybe 100 times more music gets made.
Recording studios costs are way down, cause people can do so much more of it at home. Therefore you are seeing people doing various projects, a growing number of artists like Damon Albarn who don’t have to just do one thing. There should be all sorts of different collaborations, one offs, experimental music and a creative renaissance that is economically enabled by the digital revolution. I think that’s beginning but I don’t think we’ve really seen it yet.
R&B Foundation Announces 2008 Honorees Rhythm & Blues Foundation chairman Kendall Minter joined R&B Foundation board members Kenny Gamble and Teddy Pendergrass to announce its 2008 20 th Anniversary Pioneer Award honorees at a press conference in Philadelphia. This year’s awards will be presented on September 9 at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia.
This year's honorees include: Lifetime Achievement Award: Chaka Khan; Individual Artists Awards: Teena Marie, Bill Withers and Sugar Pie DeSanto; Group Awards: Kool & The Gang and The Whispers; Sidemen Award: The Funk Brothers; Legacy Award: Donny Hathaway and Leadership Award: Al Bell of Stax Records.Additionally, Patricia Wilson Aden, executive director of the R&B Foundation, thanked the Recording Academy for $10,000 it received from The Grammy Foundation® Grant Program, saying, “It will enable us to preserve 20 years worth of videos, oral histories, rare photographs and other memorabilia that document the history of Rhythm & Blues.”
Says honoree Kool & the Gang, who were at the press conference, “There’s a party going on in September and the whole world is invited.”
The Police’s Last-ever show will be held Aug. 7 at New York’s Madison Square Garden, with proceeds to benefit New York public television stations Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21. Tickets will only be available via donations to the station, starting June 14.
That day, the stations will air a Police retrospective featuring new interviews with the band and vintage concert clips. Tickets will be sold to donors in pairs at four price levels: $150, $350, $500 and $750. Also available is a $5000 package featuring access to soundcheck, and a $2000 combo with prime seats and a private pre-show party.