Moby Donating California Tour Revenues To Domestic Violence Shelters

Moby has announced that he will donate the proceeds of his three California tour dates to help that state’s struggling domestic violence shelters. Since Governor Schwarzenegger eliminated State funding for shelter services in a July line-item veto, six California shelters have been forced to close, and dozens of others have laid off staff and cut… Read More Moby Donating California Tour Revenues To Domestic Violence Shelters

Smule Sells 300,000 Copies Of I Am T-Pain iPhone App In 3 Weeks

Here’s an update on the latest Smule iPhone app, I Am T-Pain: In the first 3 weeks alone, the application has seen 300,000 downloads. The average user spends around 66 minutes within the application — an absolutely ludicrous number for any app, much less one out of the entertainment category. To date, 4.1 million performances… Read More Smule Sells 300,000 Copies Of I Am T-Pain iPhone App In 3 Weeks

Papercraft Roland TR-909 Drum Machine

Image: ctmullerx Not as cool as a real Roland TR-909, or even a DIY 909 clone – but this papercraft Roland TR-909 is still pretty cool. And if you’ve got kids, you can scale it down before you print it so that GI Joe can rock the house. via the Synthtopia Flickr Group

New Novation LaunchPad – The $199 Ableton Live Controller

Jointly designed by Ableton and Novation, the Novation Launchpad is a new $199 controller designed to “put Ableton Live at your fingertips.” The Launchpad is purpose built for triggering and manipulating clips in Ableton Live, with a multi-colour 64-button grid and dedicated scene launch buttons. Launchpad’s buttons can be used to sketch out beats with… Read More New Novation LaunchPad – The $199 Ableton Live Controller