Metaverse Music: This Week in the Metaverse (Second Life)

Written by Enniv Zarf (RL: Paul Kwo)
Metaverse Music

It's been one whole week since I started this blog and it seems like it's an eternity. But I am really only just getting started. I feel like I still don't know most of what is out there even though I have done 33 reviews in 7 days!

I thought here would be the perfect time to write up an article that lists every review's link for easy reference as well as a basic recap of who are the musicians to check out and (unfortunately someone's gotta say it) who to avoid.

All in all I had a great week in Second Life's music scene, and got a lot of interesting anecdotes some of which I probably shouldn't share publicly. I also did discovered some wonderful sounds from brilliant artists from all genres and realized that the world of Second Life is much greater and bigger then what I first thought it to be, even though I knew it was pretty big to begin with.

So here we are at the next weekend and I would love to present to you my thoughts in a condensed format, the "Reader's Digest" version of things so that when you get bombarded with the literally hundreds of IM's and notices this weekend, you have a little more information that would help you made a better decision.

But without even forcing you to jump, I am going to give you my top 5 choices of the week, which I guess I will call it:

"MM SUPER HOT LIST - Dec. 4, 2008"
Blue4u Nowicka @ Endeavor Cove
JeanChristophe Chevalier @ Star Bar Martini Jazz Club
jaynine Scarborough @ Appassionato Concert Hall
Young Zeid @ The Ocean Amphitheatre
Lonnie Nightfire @ The Hummingbird Cafe & Jar's Pub

The entire list of reviews from Nov. 28 to Dec. 4 (total of 33) along with mroe thoughts...after the jump.

I will focus my attention on the good stuff, to let you know who are the people you should definitely keep your eyes peeled for a concert this weekend. Visit their website and find their calendar (I hope to eventually push out a nice calender here too, but one thing at a time, I do too much.)

The MM Super Hot List is not about who's the best musician. They all are. It is just my list of people I thought everyone absolutely must find at least one hour of their lives on Second Life to go and listen to this weekend or whenever they perform again. And if they don't have any concert this weekend, contact them and ask or better yet hire them for your own venue or party!

This week was the first time I heard all five of these musicians so don't think I am promoting my friends here. Though I am becoming friends with some of these individuals though a little, but don't worry, if they mess up and do bad in the future (which I'm sure will rarely happen), rest assured I will call them out on it. But I am sure they are not the type to be upset about that as long as I am honest and not mean spirited which I really try hard not to be.

Blue4u Nowicka performed at Endeavor Cove this week and I was just mesmerized with her voice. I was just absolutely enthralled to hear such a rich auto voice with a solid guitar performance to accompany her that I just had to put her at the very top of the list. I want you all to make sure you head out to a Blue4u concert as soon as you can to hear this different voice that isn't another girly pop singer.

Next is JeanChristophe Chevalier who performed at the Star Bar Martini Jazz Club his acoustic guitar where I thought there was a little bit of heaven being dropped down on me! It was light and beautiful and just refreshing to have the sounds land on my ears. I think both him and Joaquin Gustav are both great guitarist, but this week perhaps it's the first time I heard him where I felt he was just much more refreshing on my ears then Joaquin was, though he was still fantastic.

jaynine Scarborough who performed at Young Zeid's Appassionato Concert Hall I was told was also a long time friend (7 years) with Blue4u Nowicka. It just happens to turn out that three of the five on this weeks list are friends of each other. Honest I have no idea they were friends to begin with. This really was the first week I met them all, mostly separately. Though I have heard Young's name before. jaynine's performance this week was just so entertaining and so diverse. She took risks and crossed boundaries, performing music in just her unique way. But I will point out I am not particularly found of what's on her myspace. If I herad those like that I probably wouldn't put her on the top of my list this week. So yes, this week is about what I heard this week, not about what they have done before.

Young Zeid's performance at The Ocean Amphitheatre I thought was just the perfect setting to have a full Classical music program. I am of course certain that most of you are so inclined to just skip him over completely but please just at least check him out for 10 minutes to know the level of playing he brings to the stage. Be an informed audience and know that there are absolutely amazing musicians here, not just good.

Finally out of all the singers/songwriters this week, I picked Lonnie Nightfire who performed at The Hummingbird Cafe & Jar's Pub. Yes I know there are a lot of fans of Takamura Keiko, Mankind Tracer and Cylindrian Rutabaga all of whom I thought were great but you don't need me to tell you that. Well I would have picked one of them though if I didn't hear Lonnie. To me Lonnie stood out because the harmonies of his originals took risks that were very rewarding to listen to. His music was intimate and I felt present there listening to him and the time just moved right by.

The other people I would still recommend of course are Takamura Keiko, Mankind Tracer and Cylindrian Rutabaga. And along with them I would also suggest everyone to check out also Onehempcat Oldrich, Linus Radford, Fyrm Fouroux, Katia Keres, TB andel and Joaquin Gustav. You'll have to find their link down below to get them. I'm really spending too much time already on this post!!!

As for the rest, some are still good and definitely if you have more time on your hands to check out. I was debating whether or not I should flat out list the people whom you should totally avoid but I think I will refrain from doing that here again. I would suggest that everyone actually read the articles that I wrote about the rest of them if you want to know whether or not I thought they were really bad. I will say there were 3 that I would say to probably avoid if you want good music, and a couple others that were on the edge.

All in all it was an absolutely fruitful week for me. I learned a lot and I am looking forward to this coming weekend for more music and more reviews!

Enjoy your musical exploration this weekend everyone! Maybe I'll even run into some of you!

Here's a quick link to all the reviews this week!

Dec. 4, 2008

Dec. 3, 2008

Dec. 2, 2008

Dec. 1, 2008

Nov. 30, 2008

Nov. 29. 2008:

Nov. 28, 2008:

Thursday, December 4, 2008

This Week in the Metaverse (Second Life) - Nov. 28, 2008 to Dec. 4, 2008

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