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 [...]
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 [...]
Stream your own radio station into Second Life
Torley Linden strikes again with a blog post on using a service called MediaMaster to do direct streams into SL rather than relying on third party streams.
Interview – Paisley Beebe
Paisley Beebe is an Australian Second Life resident who I’ve run into a number of times over the past year or so. I finally caught up with Paisley for an interview on her dual activities of musician and TV presenter in Second Life.
Lowell: Tell me your story in regard to discovering Second Life
Paisley: I read [...]
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 [...]
Weekend Whimsy
1. Avatar Orchestra Metaverse
New World Notes has an excellent story on this orchestra.
2. ADABOT, now at the institute
3. The Edge Eden Project
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 [...]
