Kelly Cuddihy is and have worked hard to build , decorate, and create a very special Club that will be opening soon. THE CLUB CIRO’s. Where LIVE ARTIST’s will give LIVE concert’sn gowing from romance music from the year 1950 till the music of today in 2008. Also the real Wall of fame will be standing proudly, dedicated to the best SL Artists. And in August 2008 THE CLUB CIRO’s have a special surprise, because Kelly Cuddihy have made a deal with an RL artist to perform Exclisive for THE CLUB CIRO’s. Because of contract reasons in real life the artist can only start to perform in SL starting August 2008. And requested to The singer requested to keep the surprise alive till August 2008
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Who is the man behind the Avatar? It’s a mystery indeed. In fact the only way to catch Jax Live is in Second Life a virtual 3D online world of social and business networking or on his audio stream. Jax is currently on tour in SL:his “DosVidasTour” is stopping in all the best venues, gathering more and more fans.On June 26th he will do a stop at Milano Vera, using a stage built on 4 sims, able to host more than 100 avatars. Jax kindly answered to some questions about his all virtual SL career. First of all I asked him why did he choose to appear only in second life. “When i discovered the opportunity to perform live via second life, i saw a great opportunity to create a new art form and to use the power of the internet to then create a “Brand Name” around this new art form. The Jax Streeter Project was started with the idea of bringing to life a “Virtual Aritst and Celebrity” The project continues to develop quickly as Jax Streeter comes to life and has an identity of his own. Jax Streeter is the Star. Jax Streeter is real and marketable. A blend of reality and fantasy that is marketable across the worlds and across many countries and cultures. Jax has no idealogies or differences that seperate him from others but rather has qualities that bind us all … “The Love Of Music” “Jax Streeter” is not only an artistic project, actually there’s a defined marketing idea behind it which is worth to be explained and, maybe, studied as a case history: so i asked Jax to explain how does it work. “There is a great opportunity to work together in second life to cross promote one anothers interests. The Dos Vidas tour provides a way for artists, businesses and organizations to use entertainment as a way to reach out to the market places in an exciting way. What is more exciting than the sights and sounds of a live concert. Prior to each tour stop, all participating partners (sponsors) send notices to their own membership groups. The notices contain the schedule of acts and information about each tour stop along with a list of all the participating partners. This provides exposure to everyone partner and artist involved. We estimate that currently when notices are sent to each parnter’s group members, it represents over 10,000 SL Residents. There are currently 21 partners.” Jax thinks that second life gives a great opportunity to all the musicians residents to share experiences and enrich each other musical background.During his tour stops he has been followed on stage by the best SL musicians so i asked him his opinion about this sort of worldwidelive jamming in SL. “I think it is important to showcase the best talent in SL in the best possible way in order to continue to grow the entertainment industry in SL. It is still very new and there are many residents to reach that do no even know about live entertainment. So it is important to put our best foot forward with professional artists.” For the Dos Vidas Tour italian stop you have selected a very cool venue, Milano Vera and an italian musician and his band - Swina Allen & the Moodies, so I asked why he selected this new SL band ? “Swina Allen is one of my personal favorite artists..I am a fan of music as well. Swina is talented and shares a similar philosophy about presenting concert like performances in Second Life. He and Sandy Demina of Italian Mood are pioneers in their approach to SL entertainment and I am happy to work together with them. I am always looking for others that share the same philosophy and goals about using SL for their music careers regardless of whether they are new to SL or not. Thanks Jax for your kindness:we all look forward your next italian Tour Stop at Milano Vera on june 26th at 12pm! http://slurl.com/secondlife/Italia%204%20Milano/31/2/652
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Avatars are flocking to the new MMC island, built by Slovenia’s public broadcaster in cooperation with community consultants Artesia and virtual world architects Beta Technologies. MMC island is a place where SL residents can socialize and have fun in exploring the island’s hidden corners.
The more active ones can spend time fishing, flying kites or racing around in a chopper. But the primary purpose of the MMC island is as an event venue, organized and administered by the users themselves. The events are organized by four Editorial boards (covering News, Culture, Music and Fun), staffed by the Second Life users, and include an editorial building and an event space each. The events can be anything - from classes on building or scripting to live music or DJ events.
The event organizers are free to collect tips, and the editors are allowed to maintain residential skyboxes and customize the editorial and event spaces. Main focus of the MMC Island is on the local users, but all Second Life users are welcome to visit or become a part of the community. To help new users with Second Life, the main building on the MMC island houses tutorials, instructional videos and freebies. Content creators, interested in promoting their work and shops, are invited to donate a freebie or two - they will be distributed with info notecards and landmarks. There is also an option of a free HUD, which comes in two languages - English and Slovenian. The HUD keeps the users updated with the latest news and upcoming events, and allows the conversion between Linden dollars and Euros and Central European time zone and Second Life time, and the Slovenian version has an added feature of pairing users with the MojSplet web community account.
The official grand opening of the MMC island is scheduled for Saturday, 29th of March from 18:00 to 0:00 CET (10AM to 4PM SLT). The opening event will include music performances by DJ Rush Roff and several Trauma DJs, a presentation of SL art by Hatris Panacek and several presentations of the MMC community project in Slovenian and English. Come check out the new MMC island (simply type “MMC” in the Map search) or, better still, come to the party!

Submitted by IYan Writer

Announcing Gilberto Gregg’s Hyper-Interactive Modern Art Garden. This Second Life location features more than 75 works of art, sculpture, and streaming music. All paintings in the garden react to a Touch by an avatar. The resultant reactions include movement of prims, sound, and movement of avatars. The scripting and sound in the garden pushes Second Life client’s to the limit of what is possible. Adjacent to the garden are two streaming music areas. One area features jazz rock recordings with a female vocalist. The other streaming music area features jazz rock instrumentals with lots of incredible saxophones. Access the fancy SLURL here: http://newjazz.net/sl Here’s a basic SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Black%20Lion/56/177/106 cheers, Gilberto Gregg box@newjazz.net
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Two islamic rappers, Muhammad Mugrabi (Palestinian myspace.com/gtown) and YAS (Iranian) gave dynamic performances during a cultural event sponsored by Dancing Ink Productions today during a Round Table Forum live in Qatar. Though few in the audience undestood the langugage, their passion and feelings about World Peace, came through strongly. Both rappers are influenced by American Media as well as their own culture. For more information, see http://www.eurekadejavu.blogspot.com. Lea56 Hyun - Reporting from Peace City TV (Second Life)
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Ironhide(219,29,23) held its grand opening Friday, February 8 with a live performance by singer Mia Maxsted, pictured center.

It ran smoothly and was well organized. There were many activities and $9000L were slated to give out.
The sim is running on the as yet little used Havoc 4 server.

I asked myself what made this club different than others. My answer came upon meeting and observing the owners in the two hours prior to the opening as well as during the event. Both young entrepreneur owners Criss Bellman (aged 19 pictured right) and DulceRebeca Masala (aged 24- pictured left) managed to stay friendly as well as focused on business prior to and during the event.

Criss’s abilities as DJ and leader combined with Dulce’s vibrant Latina personality and business sense make for a dynamic team. In spite of the immense effort and knowledge necessary to open a club, they made it look easy. Both Criss and Dulce feel that they represent a growing number of younger people in SL.

They want their club to have all types of music and performers. Their focus will be on live performances. New performers and bands are welcome. If you are interested just contact either Criss or Dulce.

Future events include a Valentine’s Day party and there are plans for a carnival in the very near future. Criss and Dulce’s ability to throw a good event, along with their agenda to have varied types of live performances, make this a club to keep an eye on in the events calendar.
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