quantumRadio

As with the previous post, I’ve stated that the ultimate fate of quantumRadio is uncertain.  Well I’m decided to keep quantumRadio alive by posting, hopefully monthly, sessions.

But the idea behind this is to have Renegade Music be the source of the play lists.

There will be more on this soon, but in the mean time heres some more promising news.

With the launch of Renegade Music I plan on doing a a few special launch sessions for the launch of Renegade Music on June 17.

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DJ Dark

Well it’s been a fun six years (seven if  you count N-Gage Radio).  But it’s coming time to close the book on quantumRadio.

Overall the site has been a success in the fact that it was my first foray into maintaining a site all on my own.  Now it’s time to skip to the next step, building this into a viable self-sustaining community on the web.  As the way I actually directed quantumRadio, this is not possible.  but as a new site with completely separate goals it is possible.

So let me introduce you to the name of the site that will be replacing quanumRadio.  It is Renegade Music, as the name may suggest the site will not be conforming to any set standards.

The whole point of the new site is for the content to be generated by the users.  Where as the point of quantumRadio was for the content to be generated by me and the handful of volunteers.  As we have tried to change the direction of quantumRadio over the last two years we failed to grasp at the fact that we already have a set user base and that user base has diminished over the last few years.

The plan is for quantumRadio to shut down by the fall of 2011, we will see a few new sessions created in this time and we may see a change in the ultimate fate of quantumRadio.  quantumRadio will however remain in a locked state if we do go ahead and close down, this will be for archival purposes.

Anyways, it’s been a great run and I’ve learned a lot and hope to learn a lot more in the future with Renegade Music.

So signing off,

DJ Dark.

So, it that time again, I’m working on redesigning the site.

Please check the escape from reality blog for more information.

This means the session is going to have to wait.

Yes,

You read the title correctly, we are back baby!

We haven’t changed our focus, we are still primarily a dance music site.

Expect a new session soon!

– Dj Dark

As of right now quantumRadio is being put on hold. It will bee back at a later date, for more information please visit Escape from Reality.

So I’m still working on the summer session so hold your horses.  I might start up with the original qR plan this weekend.  That is eRadio.

I’ll post back as soon as that happens.

~ Dj Dark

So the latest session is still planned.  I’ll release it in a few weeks, it’s not going to follow the regular flow of being a Euro dance session, it’ll have other eletronica genres mixed in too.  I seriously have to breath new life into quantumRadio.

Please if anyone is willing to volunteer their time for quantumRadio please send in an application.  (You can find the info in this post.)

So I think I should make this post before qR dies again…

I’m looking for volunteers to post entertainment related news articles, cd reviews and possibly a podcast of weekly/monthly entertainment events.

You don’t have to post specifically about dance music, it can be any genre, except country.

You can even post about TV, Movies and hell even games

So if your interested you can contact me, DJ Dark at djdark@quantumradio.net, please include the following details: (continue reading…)

Even before "queen of all media" Perez Hilton took the stage and proclaimed her "the new princess of pop," Lady GaGa showed she’s a serious contender to Madonna’s crown Friday at the Wiltern.

She might be a relative newcomer, but the artist born Stefani Joanne Germanotta commanded the stage with a royal air during her hour-long set, at times even sporting a glowing scepter.

With two chart-topping singles to her credit and her debut album, "The Fame," climbing the upper reaches of the Billboard 200, GaGa’s first theater tour is a hot ticket — and the Lady did not disappoint. Borrowing from Madonna, Grace Jones, David Bowie and Daryl Hannah’s "Blade Runner" replicant, GaGa put on a compelling show revolving around her mysterious persona, a trio of leather-jacketed dancers, multiple costume changes and props and a lone DJ providing musical accompaniment.

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Pop star Nelly Furtado is not the first major-label musician to start her own label, but she is one of the few to do it with an indie. Furtado is launching Nelstar in cooperation with the Canadian independent label group Last Gang Labels.

The Toronto-based electro-dance band Fritz Helder & the Phantoms is the first act signed to Nelstar and will release its debut album July 7.

"Nelly just wasn’t that interested in doing a OneRepublic/Timbaland type of thing," says Chris Taylor, president of Last Gang and Furtado’s longtime attorney. "She’s an independent spirit, and she wants to make sure we build the band at the right pace. It’s also very important to launch a band with indie branding behind them and be able to build them brick by brick."

Taylor points out that Furtado has close ties to the band, noting that two members are her backup dancers.

Furtado says she never considered introducing the Nelstar imprint via her label, Interscope.

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