What a great time and turnout today for the party that Brandy/Kalli and I threw for Miss Virtual World 2012, Anna Sapphire, over at our venue, Club Graffiti in The Village, in Second Life.
I definitely wouldn't call myself a fashionista in ANY sense, I'll leave that to the pros so have a look at the article on the BOSL Website, written by "rusalka"
I will say that with about 80 people on sim at peak, the sim held up fine, laggy yes, but crash we did NOT! This is likely because we started off with a 60 person limit and slowly raised it to control how quickly new people arrived. There is such a thing as "Crash Lag" which occurs when too many people are teleporting in to one place at the same time. Controlling the speed at which they are allowed to TP in seems to help... A LOT!
Thanks much to those who came out. I really had a great time performing for Anna and everyone else in attendance and welcoming her in as MVW 2012. For those who couldn't get in, well I hope to catch you at future shows and events :-)
Anyways, here's the article.
http://thebestofsl.com/2011/12/celebrating-anna-sapphire-miss-virtual-world-2012
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Many of you know that Brandy / Kalli Birman and I own a little slice of Second Life called The Village, which includes our venue, Club Graffiti and a few boutiques from well known SL content creators and fashion designers.
On behalf of us both, we wanted to wish you all a very Happy Holiday Season and a Prosperous and Successful New Year! May the coming year bring light to any dark corners of your life.
God Bless!
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Today, December 27, 2PM SLT, Kalli Birman/Brandy and I are throwing a welcome party to the new Miss Virtual World, Anna Sapphire. All are welcome to come on out and enjoy the party and Club Graffiti in The Village.
I'll be performing a live show starting at 2PM SLT. I'll be playing a set of all acoustic unplugged rock tunes past and present, requests from Anna herself, originals and you can grab the song list off the Multi Board to make some of your own requests in IM during the show.
(Please try to remove scripts and attachments as possible and arrive early)
Click here for Teleport to The Village:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Good%20Day%20Sunshine/140/73/21
About The Village and Club Graffiti
Modeled after Greenwich Village and CBGB's in New York City, Club Graffiti is located in The Village in Second Life. Host to many live performers and some of the finest boutique shops in SL. Join us as we welcome Anna Sapphire as Miss Virtual World 2012 with a welcome party at Club Graffiti.
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Once again, Frolic Mills, CEO of BOSL (Best of Second Life) , invited me to perform live at The Miss Virtual World Pageant in Second Life. It simply amazes me, the work this man puts into this event year after year. This is my fourth year performing and each year I see such changes, improvements even.
But this year, like all others, was a challenge, what with all the tech glitches that only Second Life can hand us. But that does not in ANY way take away from the professionalism of the entire BOSL team and of course those with Meatverse TV - http://www.metaversetv.com - who ran the tech side of things, even broadcasting the event on their website.
I arrived at about 12:15PM SLT to perform at what was planned to be roughly 1PM or so. Hanging in the green room backstage, that quickly looking more like 2PM as the clock ticked by. Sadly, I had something to do in Real Life at around 2PM so I wasn't able to stick around much longer. I told Robustus Hax (Metaverse TV CEO), Dousa Dragonash, Persia Bravin and everyone else in the Skype conversation that I had to go fairly soon. They all worked and shuffled a few things around to get me on the stage sooner than later.
Have a listen to the live recording of my cover of Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable" taken from the Miss Virtual World Pageant. Click Here!
In the end, I give a BIG HI5 to both the BOSL and Metaverse TV staff for some amazing professionalism in dealing with the Second Life glitches,ensuring a pretty smooth run of the MVW Pageant, technical issues and helping accommodate me personally so that Aden didn't have to sit there waiting at karate class wondering where in the hell i was!
Congratulations also to Serene Faith, Miss Virtual World 2011 who, today, enjoys her last day after a very giving and successful year as Miss Virtual World. Best of luck to the new Miss Virtual World 2012, whoever that winds up being!
If you read my previous post, Thanksgiving Gift, you can probably understand that I was a bit nervous about being able to perform today. Thea and G Metal, both fiends and long time supporters of my live music performances in Second Life, are the owners of this fairly new Second Life Live Music Venue.
Kalli/Brandy and I had booked this event a few months back and I SO hate having to cancel last minute. The truth is, I had been looking forward to performing an afternoon show for some time, as my daily schedule doesn't allow for them as much as it used to. I've seen great support and friendship from fellow SL'ers across the pond. So much so that the "Friends of Mankind" group in SL banded together not once, but twice, to fly me out to Amsterdam to perform shows in Summer of both 2008 and 2009. So when I call the group "Family", I really do mean it.
Anyways, this morning I woke up feeling much much better and was really happy thinking I was going to be able to do this gig. Brandy and I got on the marketing at about 12PM SLT, and spread it out as we always do, to many different social sites, emails, SL notices, etc. I decided today, and this isn't an every day thing, to actually "MAKE" a set list for this show. Why? Well, as we all probably feel, we like to go that extra mile for people in our lives closer to us. Thea and G have been so amazingly supportive of me, of SL music and of fellow musicians, Brandy and I both felt that we really needed to pump it up for them.
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At the gig, I was SO happy to see a lot of overseas friends and fans, I've missed you guys. Frankee, Renee, even Roos came in to the event along with about 60 others. An amazing turnout and not only because I was playing, but because I believe people in general will be more supportive of those that support others. Case in point: Thea and G. As I said earlier they are long time supporters of my own music but they work diligently to keep their venue booked with some of SL's best live artists. Further, I see them out there at other artists' performances as well.
So hat's off to you both and of course to Brandy for her amazing efforts and skills in marketing and promoting for our friends' venue. I really enjoyed performing at <<Ground Zero>> and hope to be invited back soon.
On a side note, I saw many new faces as well. It's good to see the music community growing with more people going to shows lately. The main thing is I saw a lot of audience interaction, not only to me and my show but moreover, with EACH OTHER"! I really love seeing people making friends and if it happens because of my show being the meeting place, then I'm truly flattered that much more.
Very large thanks to all who came out. It was a great time!
