SpaceJunky: News

Tania has been working on a new CD....recorded in Sydney and 5 tracks have been started...more to come! Stay Tuned....New Website in the works also!

RIP Planet 7 - Crystal City. The Second Life SpaceJunky community is now closed for the moment due to the band working on other projects. SpaceJunky will continue to do concerts in Second Life. Here is a look back at the beautiful crystal city that their "StarTribe" called home.

Here is a video shot in Second Life at the bands "Crystal City" on SpaceJunky Island where fans rented homes, hung out, shopped, played and watched SpaceJunky Virtual Concerts. SpaceJunky created a microcosm of their bands music, bringing to life the subjects they make music about.

The song StarTribe was taken from Tania's solo piano CD "7 Tears Of Tara".

Photos from Crystal City 

More and more SpaceJunky are being sought out by major corporations to play "virtual concerts" in their virtual environments. Corporations like

• MILLIONS OF US, a recognised leader in creating immersive brand marketing through virtual worlds, MMOGs and social media,
• SONY - Acid Software Remix Contest for their song Gravitational Pull
• PARAMOUNT PICTURES- Blades Of Glory DVD Release
• ZOPPINI- Italian Jewelry Company
• WARNER BROS- Gossip Girls
• SPLITSVILLE BOWLING- Opening Of Splitsville In Second Life

and just recently a show for RADIO IMAGO, the largest webradio station in Italy!!

SpaceJunky's involvement with SL has resulted in Sony Creative Software's AcidPlanet hosting a remix contest for their song Gravitational Pull.This is the same remix contest that they have hosted for the likes of Madonna, Lenny Kravitz, Nine Inch Nails and Black Eyed Peas. This came about because of SpaceJunky's involvement with SL and their recent story on CNN International about how the band is using SL to reach out to music fans all over the world. How To Enter First, create your remix of "Gravitational Pull." If you don't already have ACID® software, download the free ACID XPRESS™ software. Next, download some of the loops. Using the ACID music creation software, paint the loops into your remix. When you're finished, return to this page and click the Upload My Entry button. Upload your track, and you've entered the contest. The contest closes on July 11th and Shakti and the band will choose the winner, they also have plans to host some rave parties featuring their favorite remixes from SL and yours could be one of them. If you come to AcidPlanet from SL be sure and leave a message on the forums and your profile saying that you heard about the contest in SL.

On Jan 24th through the weekend SpaceJunky was featured on CNN about using the virual world of Second Life to promote their new CD "Resident Alien". You can see it at the CNN website or go to You Tube

A few years before SpaceJunky released their new debut CD "Resident Alien" they played as the studio band behind country rocker Steve Azar. Not only did they deliver him a #2 hit single that remained on the charts for 48 weeks they also played a smoking swamp-roots version "Big Blue Sky" written by SpaceJunky producer Rafe Van Hoy, which was recorded and released by Reba McEntire on her First Valentine's Day Album "Love Revival" for Hallmark. Reba at her rockin' best.

Info Tidbit: Tania met Reba on her "Girls Night Out Tour" while she was musical director and keyboardist for Jamie O'Neal.

After doing a show in the virtual world of Second Life for Zoppini Jewels, the band was contacted by Marco Zoppini himself and asked whether they would like to wear his jewelry. Zoppini had already been kind enough to provide the band with "virtual" jewels at the show in Second Life but now they will wear the Florence companies beautiful jewels in real life and be featured in promotional material throughout Italy, as they join the likes of Paris Hilton, Carmen Electra and others.......Thank you Marco!

http://www.zoppini-sa.com/pdf/vip.PDF

We now have a blog dedicated to Second Life only. This is where you will find info about what we have been up to in SL including pix from recent gigs. Stay tuned for more transmissions! www.spacejunkyinsl.blogspot.com

We like to keep our trees for oxygen so this is where you'll find the extra liner notes and big love. Album Credits