TBM – Music is No Art

For thousands of years Music has been calssified as an art. Now its a mear representation of sounds processed by computers and synthesisers.

Ever since the growth of technology, with mobiles phones, plasma tvs and cars. the technology of music has also evolved. From a piano to a manually inputed sound machine. To a guitar to guitar sound samples. Anything is possible to create music.

All a person needs to create to music is a few sound samples, a computer, and a program to put all those sounds together.

The program Fruity Loops is a software created to make music. It uses a large sample library and various Virtual Sound Technology Instruments (VSTi) to create music. Virtual Studio Technology (VST) is an interface for integrating software audio synthesizer and effect plugins with audio editors and hard-disk recording systems. VST and similar technologies use Digital Signal Processing to simulate traditional recording studio hardware with software. Thousands of plugins exist, both commercial and freeware, and VST is supported by a large number of audio applications.

For an example check out AntoAndHisSounds with his new song ‘Make Em’ Shake IT’. He also uses Fruity Loops.

As you can see the potential is endless. AntoAndHisSounds used the some simple samples and accapella downloaded to create this track. Ans as you can see it is powerful and effective.

TBM – Local Star and his Dreams

Local star Jim Johnson has been following his dreams to make it big in basketball in the United States.

Known for his exceptional athleticism Johnson (191cm) is being groomed to become a shooting guard/small forward in the same mould as recent NBA draftee Brad Newley.

At the age of 19 Jim has been playing for the Gold Coast Goannas Australian Basketball Association team, Under 20′s Gold Coast representative team who they are the best in south eastern QLD and Jim Johnson was awarded the Players Player award. He is also training with the Gold Coast Blaze as a development player. HIs career highlights include State MVP trophy in 2006, Finals MVP in 2006, averaging 28.6 points per game in the Schools National Tournament, earning a scholarship to the Queensland Academy of Sport.

“Jim has a great basketball body, long and athletic. We will help him develop his skill package and show him how to best utilise the tools that he already possesses,” says Brendon Joyce, the head Coach for the Blaze.

Jim did not play for the NBL team becasue he would not be deemed legible for playing in the states. The American basketball system is much different than the system here. “In the ‘states’, once you have been paid for playing basketball you will be able to play amateur basketball again,” says Jim.

“Playing in America has been a dream just recently but the only reason I want to go playe over there is to further develop my skills and hopefully come back and play in the Blaze. The NBA has been a wider picture but at the moment I am being realisitic.’

TBM – Alien Lesbian ‘Sex’ Scene Banned

The highly anticipated Microsoft game ‘Mass Effect’ has been banned in Sngapore due to human on alien, girl-on-girl love.

The scene starts with a conversation between two females, one human and one alien. As the music swells, the human places her hand on the alien’s cheek. There is a close-up of them leaning in towards each other, then a Titanic-style shot of a hand pressing up against a window.

A hetrosexual version has been created only if the players character is male. Hetrosexual sex scenes have prviously made it past the Singaporian censors.

TBM – Uni Parking Unconventional

The parking situation at Giffith University Gold Coast has become a situation which leaves students walking 15 minutes to class or having to pay a ridiculas $3.50 for 2 hour parking.

The situation has become of hand and students are finally taking stand. Students are protesting and a student, Geoff Geoffinson 21 a Nursing student says, “It’s about time we get a break. Some of us work full time jobs and do full time study. The last thing we want is look for parking 20 minutes away from campus.”

A stand will be made April 3rd against the stricken ridden parking situation.

TBM – Stimulus Loophole Package

Students arcoss Australia are set to recieve $1850 due to a loophole in the national stimulus package which is set out to help the economy.

The Federal Government had devised a rescue package to help the Australian economy by giving $900 to tax payers and those a $950 bonus towards in full time study or apprenticeships.

More than a million families have qualified for the Single Family bonus which is $900 irrespective of number of childre, as well as the Back to School bonus which is an extra $950 per child. This will give many families to receive multiple payments under the scheme, with the average family $3800 richer.

TBM – About Earth Hour

Earth hour is global event held annually every last saturday of March between 8:30 and 9:30 local time. It was organised by WWF or well know as World Wildlife Fund asking to turn off non-essential lights and electrical appliances in households and businesses for one hour to raise awarness to take action towards climate change. In 2007, Sydney was the first to action, and with 2.2 million residents who participated by turning off non-essential electricity, many other cities around the globe soon adopted the idea.  88 countries and more than 4,000 cities joined Earth Hour 2009, ten times more cities than Earth Hour 2008 who saw 400 cities participate.

TBM – Bikie Brawl Fatality

A brawl had broken out in the middle of a busy airport terminal where a man had been bashed to death.

Two rivlay bikie gangs went in a face to face brawl in the crowded Sydney departure terminal.

There were no arrest made at the airport, as many of the attackers fled in taxis after the assualt. However, four men had been charged for being involed in the attack.

Jeff McMullen, a witness of the incident who was waiting for his flight stated that, “As the two gangs faced a man had picked a metal bollard up and smacked a man from behind… Security officers did not arrive until the fight was long gone over.”

AFP Commisoner Says the security at the aiport is still good.

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Environment

Oils spill off the coast has been larger underestimated as the cost of the clean-up will reach in the millions. Click here

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TBM – Role of Technology

Technology is ever growing and its plight seems to be infinate. In todays world of the fast paced lifestyle with mobile phones, fast cars and caffine our hunger for news is growing expodentially and traditional news sources are not enough.

News has risen from the papers, television and radio and onto the internet and even mobile phones. This is a gret step in news production, due to the fact that we had to wait each morning to read or wait until the evening news to know what is happening around the world or nationally. We can now feed our need to “know” instincts any time of the day seven days a week.