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

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.

Please check the escape from reality blog for more information.

This means the session is going to have to wait.

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

I’ll post back as soon as that happens.

~ Dj Dark

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

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:Subject: Volunteer for qR
Full Name:
Age/Date of Birth:
Why you want to be a volunteer for qR.

That basically all we need,  if you can think of anything else that’ll get you you higher on the list than don’t be shy and include it.

All that we ask is that if you get accepted please help grow quantumRadio into the best music and entertainment community.

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.

Old-schoolers might bemoan the lack of a live band, but GaGa’s eye candy and an onslaught of beats delivered by DJ Space Cowboy filled the void effectively. Opening with the dance-pop basher "Paparazzi," trapped on a platform that complemented her angular modern ensemble, GaGa focused on the beat-heavy pop that comprises most of "Fame."

But midset she pulled out a surprise: a translucent purple piano she claimed was designed specifically to match her dress, made of giant plastic bubbles. At the keyboard she proceeded to perform a drastically rearranged bluesy lounge version of her current hit "Poker Face," proving her talent extends beyond the dance floor.

It’s the sort of stunt a veteran artist pulls after performing one of their biggest hits for decades, but GaGa had the chutzpah to circumvent the wait and go directly for the kill. She followed with the not-yet-released doo-wop-flavored space oddity "Future Love," again performed on piano while she serenaded a glowing mannequin.

In an age of too much information, one of the most refreshing things about GaGa is her mystery. She often hid behind shades, and her mostly incomprehensible, coy and semi-robotic stage patter did little to tell us who’s that Lady.

"Some people say Lady GaGa is a lie, and they’re right," she said at one point. "But every day I kill to make it true."

Whatever the case, by the time GaGa pulled out her big hits, "Just Dance" and the more familiar version of "Poker Face," she had transformed the Wiltern into a joyous dance party that might have made even that other Stefani a little jealous.

Source: Reuters

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.

"I’m happy there, and it would be great if Fritz got signed there at some point in the future," Furtado says. "But I also think that it’s best to start off an indie. When you are a new band and you sign to a major, you get thrown to the fire. Plus, I always secretly wanted to be an indie artist. When I was a teenager, I loved Ani DiFranco and hoped I could do something like that. A major turned out to be my destiny, but I’m enjoying reconnecting with the indie world."

Furtado adds that Interscope is aware of the project but says, "They have enough going on without my label adding to everything." Interscope didn’t respond to an e-mail request for comment.

The model might resemble one commonly used in hip-hop, where a rapper signs his or her protege, then builds the artist up through a series of guest spots on tracks and promotional appearances, but Taylor says there are some differences.

"Nelly’s not on the album in a meaningful way," he says. "She’s in one of the videos, but that’s really it. She’s not like Puff Daddy in that respect."

But that doesn’t mean Furtado has just signed the band and handed it over. "We had a meeting a few weeks ago to look at all the pictures, and Nelly was really concerned that (band member) Raquel Gil-Jimenez didn’t look foxy enough," Taylor says. "She insisted we do reshoots, and we’re going to send the new pictures to the Maxims of the world to promote the band."

The deal is also unique in that Fritz Helder & the Phantoms will remain signed to their own label, House of Helder, which will become an imprint of Nelstar. "We still have the label and we still control the creative aspect," Helder says. "Nelly is acting as a mentor, Last Gang will coordinate the distribution, and we’ll still do the videos and things like that."

Helder and Furtado describe the deal as a long-term partnership. "It’s a three- to five-year deal, with one or two albums," she says. "I’m doing this for a band I love, and I don’t want it to be too restrictive."

Furtado adds that she’s looking at signing a few other bands. "I’m busy enough right now, and I don’t want this to get to a point where it’s something I’m not passionate about," she says. "I want this to be something that really grows organically."

Source: BillBoard.com