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 Reality to the Next Big … [Read more...] about SpaceJunky – Australian Second Life band doing well
Music
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 to find out a little more about the life … [Read more...] about Interview – Dexter Ihnen (Dexter Moore)
New SL Music site launches
Slusic is a comprehensive new SL site devoted to music. It has the whole social networking thing down pat - playlists, forums, charts, blogs and so on. Australian artists are well represented - the top artists chart has Australian musician Dexter Ihnen at number one. I could be wrong but this seems to be the most well fleshed out SL music site I've seen. Is it something … [Read more...] about New SL Music site launches
Rockit a success
Veteran Aussie SL resident Wolfie Rankin held his first instalment of 'Rockit' this evening on Eragon island. A cross between and RocKwiz, close to thirty people turned up to watch. The two teams of four were selected from the audience after an initial round of questions. Then, a number of rounds followed including audio and video questions. Team 1 consisted of Profit … [Read more...] about Rockit a success
The Neil Young Archives
Zak Claxton's Neil Young Archives is a compact but effective tour of the artist's work. You can listen to some of Young's work whilst browsing the visual discography or replicas of Young's favorite instruments. Zak Claxton's take on it all: "Neil Young is a personal favorite musician and songwriter of mine, as well as someone who has embraced change and technological … [Read more...] about The Neil Young Archives