Episode 30 11/29/2010
5 videos • 20 views • by betarecords Airborne Toxic Event / Duffy / Electro Ross / Acidic "I think in some way, songwriting has something to do with loneliness. You're alone with a thought in your mind and you want someone else to share it." -Mikel Jollett BETA Records TV Season 3 Episode 15 brings you wildly successful acts from opposite ends of the Atlantic with Grammy-winning Welsh singer and an LA band that is the epitome of indie success. The Airborne Toxic Event stop by the BETA studio to talk about the origins of the band, the ways they make life on the road entertaining and the experience of playing to upwards of 90,000 fans at the Lollapalooza festival before taking to the stage to perform their rousing song Something You Own. Platinum-selling Welsh Singer-songwriter Duffy sits down with Tamara Conniff of The Comet to discuss her unusual voice, the pressures of following up her incredibly successful debut and the importance of perfectionism. She dives into how she protected her childhood dreams from skeptics and how she keeps focused on her work to avoid the distractions of fame. Then, in a regular feature from BETA Records TV, sound gear guru Electro Ross shows "Rock N' Roll Andy" Hepler the mechanics of a three-way speaker that Andy blew out. He breaks a speaker down into its components and shows Andy how signal is distributed. Finally, the alt-rock band Acidic perform their rolling head-nodder Big Bang.