Interview – Zak Claxton, Second Life musician
Zak Claxton is one of many Second Life musicians who have built up a loyal following. Over the past year I’ve been aware of Zak’s work on an album showcasing the body of original songs he’s built up. With the December 11th release of his self-titled album, I thought it was a good time to [...]
Interview – JaNa KYoMooN, Second Life musician
JaNa KYoMooN, the avatar used by Jan Pulsford, is a musician I’ve known since the late 90s when we were both involved with online music collaboration via the now defunct Rocket Network. Via Twitter, I connected Jan and JaNa, and knowing her extensive background in music performance and composition, I asked her if she’s be [...]
Von Johin’s public relations bid for ’stardom’
Today we received a breathless press release announcing a ‘world first’. The release in full then some commentary afterward:
PRESS RELEASE
Virtual Reality Becomes Reality for Second Life Musician
Foresthill, CA – For the first time in history, a virtual avatar has received a real worldwide recording contract. Second Life (SL) blues musician Von Johin has been signed [...]
SpaceJunky – Australian Second Life band doing well
I received a press release today from Australian Second Life resident Bella Dutton about music outfit SpaceJunky. The whole virtual band thing is far from new (I was involved in one in 1994) but it’s great to see another Australian artist doing well.
The full text:
“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Australian band SpaceJunky follows path from Tibet to Virtual [...]
Interview – Dexter Ihnen (Dexter Moore)
Dexter Moore (SL: Dexter Ihnen) is one of a growing number of Australian musicians performing in Second Life. Like most, he’s a well-established real-life musician who’s built up a loyal SL following. At present, he’s number one most played artist on Slusic.com, so he’s obviously doing something right. We caught up with Dexter this week [...]
SL music discussion list launches
Jesse Linden has announced the formation of an email discussion list devoted to music development in SL. Promotion of events is off limits but it will provide a useful forum for discussing ways to improve music options in-world. Linden Lab describe their aims in the welcome email received when joining:
“Second Life has amazing potential for [...]
