The Australia Council certainly can't be accused of not howing interest in Second Life as a means of artistic expression. Last week we reported on the 'matchmaker' service for artists and musicians working in Second Life. Now, in conjunction with the ABC they've announced an artist forum for the 12th July: "The in-world event, to be moderated by ABC’s Sunday Arts … [Read more...] about Australia Council announces first in-world artists forum
Music
Second Fest
Second Fest is on this weekend and it's very Australia-friendly with Day 2 kicking off around 9pm AEST (4am SL time). The rumours about an avatar appearance of the Pet Shop Boys are probably nothing more than that, but hey those guys were avatars fifteen years before SL so it's an obvious fit. The Intel sims are spacious to say the least with multiple viewing … [Read more...] about Second Fest
International Technology Expo 2007
Over the next three days SL will be host to the International Technology Expo - 2007. It opens on Friday April 20, at noon PDT (April 21st at 5.00am Australian EST). The organisers have billed it as "showcasing the most innovative in technology products and services created by its residents for business and personal needs." The full listing of expo scheduled events has … [Read more...] about International Technology Expo 2007
Making real music in real time
I was pointed to a fascinating blog post - a Tokyo-based artist, Lance Shields is the real-life alter ego of both Andres Watanabe and Juria Yoshikawa. He's developed Sound Station 1.0 - there's a streaming video on his site. If you watch the video, the Sound Station has obvious uses for musicians or other performance artists in-world. We've dropped Andres a line to find … [Read more...] about Making real music in real time
Guitar Lessons Anyone?
Nickeax runs a small Australian music enterprise in SL called Guitars Australia. A visit to the SL store will enable any young or young at heart rocker to outfit themselves with a variety of Marshall amps and Gibson Explorer Mark II style guitars. The Marshall pack includes a Marshall JCM800 100w head and 2 Marshall JCM 1960 cabinets. Once kitted out you can wander over to … [Read more...] about Guitar Lessons Anyone?