Linden Lab recently served notice that they were going to double the tier fees for non-profits and educational sims, sending universities, non-profits and graduate students with limited budgets into a flurry of thoughts about how to cut 50% of their costs. Some are talking about reducing sims, some are talking about sharing sims, and others…
Kate Miranda
Thom, Gorse and Daniel will open the early music season with favorites of the renaissance and baroque periods. Josquin, Dowland, van Eyke, Marcello, Demoivre etc. The concert will be on Sat. Sept. 25 at 12 pm pacific, 3 pm eastern, 21.00 Suisse and will be an audio only concert for the best possible quality. …
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 19 @ 12 pm SLT Labour Day Echoes Cindy Ecksol, American Roots music In this program, Cindy will wander through the songs of work and workers with her usual mixture of historical and musical context and a dash of warm humour about the absurdities of life in our own century. Cindy Ecksol…
Keyboardists: Waltkeys Faith & JooZz Magic ~ Waltkeys Faith ~ From Walt: I'm a musician who composes and loves to perform! I say I play Jazz piano because Jazz encompasses all styles of music. I reflect that in my writing.I'm working with Trowser Boa in Real Life, as well as many other jazz, blues, gospel…
I think we all need to keep our eye on the changes and new content on the SL homepages. A few days ago a Music Island audience member came to me to say that she'd tried to point a new resident in the direction of my Music Island concert series, telling her that it…
Bring your July 4 in with a bang! Cindy Ecksol, American folk song July 3 @ 6 pm SLT Fireworks by RacerX Gullwing to follow SL's grand wizard of Kaboom, RacerX Gullwing will president over the incendiary conclusion to this evening's concert, following our favorite lady of the American heartland, Cindy Ecksol.
A varied program coming up on Saturday, Sunday and Monday in Second Life from experimental to traditional to world music. Whether you like staying with what you know and love or have an adventurous spirit and love expanding your listening palette, you'll find something to enjoy this week. SATURDAY JUNE 5 @ 11…
Towards the end of my recent appearance on the Metanomics, host Jennette Forager suggested that Linden Lab's CEO had remarked that music could well be the "killer app" for Second Life. Unfortunately this comment and other questions about the economics of music, the "business of music" came too near the end of the session…
"Old Friends and New Friends" May 23 @ 12 pm SLT (PDT) Music Island, Sea Turtle Island PROGRAM: * Arrangements of Pentecost Sunday hymn tunes: "Spirit, I Have Heard You Calling" and "Come, O Spirit" (EBENEZER) * Frederic Chopin - Ballade no. 3 * Erno von Dohnanyi - Postludium from Winterreigen,…
Yuki Ukita, piano Thursday April 15 7 am SLT (PDT) Music Island, Sea Turtle Island A wave of great musicians have been arriving in Second Life from Japan and Music Island audiences are fortunate enough to be hearing from two leading lights this month. First pianist Yuki Ukita (YukithePianoPlayer Hutchison in SL) and…
Zachh Cale, piano Saturday, April 10 12 pm SECOND LIFE TIME (Pacific Daylight Time) at Music Island, Sea Turtle Island Join Zachh for some standards and originals. Zachh is a Music Island favorite performer who we've not heard from since December 2009. At Zachh's first performance, Linden Lab (in their usual lack…
ATHEENE DODONPA Medieval Song Thursday, April 8 @ 1 pm SLT Accompanying herself on the nun's fiddle, lap harp, hurdy-gurdy or other rarily heard instruments as needed, Atheene's haunting soprano travels the world of the Middle Ages to bring us songs from all cultures in the languages that the works were written and performed…
