Jamiroquai performed a full-on gig on a plane to Greece from the UK that reportedly broke several world records for a concert at 35,000 feet. A specially selected audience mostly comprised of competition-winning Jamiroquai fans witnessed the Gig In The Sky and the band performed half a dozen tracks with six musicians and three backing singers. The performance...
Internet Radio Royalty Hike Battle Addressed By Congress
The Online Radio royalty debate is not dead due to a new bill introduced in the US Congress by Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Donald Manzullo (R-IL) dubbed “The Internet Radio Equality Act.” The bill was crafted to put a hold on the recent rate increases imposed by the US Copyright Royalty Board (CRB). The lobbying efforts of the Digital...
Weekend Fun: World’s First Undersea Restaurant
The first ever, all-glass undersea restaurant in the world opened last weekend at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa. Ithaa will sit five meters below the waves of the Indian Ocean, surrounded by a vibrant coral reef and encased in clear acrylic offering diners 270-degrees of panoramic underwater views. “We have used aquarium technology to put diners...
Weekend Fun: Nuclear Fusion In Your Basement
With the free world focused on the nuclear ambitions of Iran and Korea, a 17 year-old student has achieved nuclear fusion in his parents basement. After two years of diligent work and 1,000 hours of research, Thiago Olson managed to achieve nuclear fusion with bits and pieces bought on the internet and scoured from manufacturers at a discount. It includes...
Ueberschall Releases Groove Shadow Elastik
Ueberschall has released Groove Shadow Elastik, an Elastik Player based sound library that provides 400 Groove Shadows split in to four frequency parts (1,600 FX Loops). The elements are derived from incidental sounds which occur in nature, electrical components, musical instruments and phrases, audio manipulation, machines and a variety of other sources, and...