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Hammerhead Estates presents: Wolfie MoonShadow Live at the Hammerhead Harbour Club Thursday June 1, 2023, at 4 pm SLT. Come enjoy the soulful sounds for 2 hours of fun and dancing with special guest Vanellope following.
Club Lion Entertainment presents The New Interactive Spin and Win Gameshow with Live Show Acts
The official Saturday night Event of Club Lion (Gameshow every first Saturday of the Month)
Come see our new Night Club and Game Show combination at Club Lion! Enjoy music with our DJ and multiple live singers, dancing and our nice bar. During your dancing experience 3 people will be chosen from the audience to participate. Our Guests will be asked few RL or SL question and the fastest with the right answer will be asked up on the stage with a chance to play and win cash & great prices....
12 pm slt DJ Charly B.
2 pm slt Gameshow
3 pm slt ElvisAronPresley Lisa
4 pm slt Austin Moores
We would like to Invite you to our Party. Meet some new Friends and have a Great Fun Time.
We look forward to welcoming you, to make us a place where you will come to enjoy a happy times with us.
Event LM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Lions/219/96/2002
The Tower of Records has a special Star Wars themed event for our guests to dress up and enjoy some unique well needed vibes with friends! We hope to see everyone at the Empire Hotel for this special evening at 7pm SLT that will go through 10pm SLT.
Hop hop hop into the Pharmacy Speakeasy Music Swing Club on Saturday, April 8th 6-8 pm slt for an egg-citing evening with our own DJ Suzie. She brings her amazing blend of swing tunes to the Easter Soiree, along with playing the word scrambler, sploder and trivia contest. Lots of lindens to win! Come on in wearing your pastel colored outfits and have a hoppy good time with us!
Start with great music, add a few friends, mix in some good conversation and you're in for a night of fun at The Pharmacy Speakeasy Swing Music Club! Now open two nights a week - Tuesdays and Saturdays from 6pm - 8pm SLT. Vintage clothing of the 1930's - 1940's recommended but not required. Contact: Pet (pet.pinklady) Public Landmark: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nova%20Coast/230/198/22 Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/269516024133386
The history of the ~O~ Lounge is rich and colorful with humble beginnings, a love for all music genres, and an appreciation for all types of voices. Novice, intermediate, professional, these titles do not mean as much as the fun and camaraderie experienced in the wonderful world of Karaoke entertainment.
In the front and center, managing the ~O~ Lounge is Canipanic Maslow, veteran producer & performer on the fly, who has recently moved the lounge’s location to another region, complete with a new and larger venue. This year, the ~O~ Lounge turns 16 and continues to open its doors 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, still the prime location for discovering Second Life’s latest and greatest on the live music scene.
Here we ask Cani a few questions about himself and questions about what his greatest work in Second Life is.
WT- Please tell the readers a little about yourself, how you came to Second Life?
Canipanic Maslow (CM)- Initially I came to Second Life because I was playing Tiger Woods Golf on my computer. And I saw something that mentioned this 3D Virtual World, and I thought, ‘Wow, that’d be neat, I’ll see if they have golf.’ So I signed up for it and came in. They didn’t have golf. I found a golf shop in my search, but they only sold clothing. So for the first year or so, I just walked around visiting people and hanging out at different campsites, learning how to do simple things. And that’s about all I did until I decided to start the ~O~ Lounge.”
WT- How about telling the readers how you were personally involved in the creation of the ~O~ Lounge?
CM - I was hanging around this girl, named Bell Clellon, and she was a KJ (Karaoke Jockey) in real life. She had a thing she did every week in her town, where she went out there and ran the karaoke thing. I was hanging around with her and I said, “Well let’s do it here!”. So she was the inspiration for it. When we tried it back then, there was no voice (in SL) so we tried it on Skype, and anybody that wanted to join us had to join Skype. It was really problematic. Basically, I gave up, thinking it couldn't be done.
One day I was hanging around a girl named Mitzi, we were on voice, and she told me, “Cani, mute your mic. I love this song!”. I didn’t know what she meant, but I muted my mic. And then she turned her speakers on, and she sang.
And that was the day the ~O~ Lounge was born because then everything was in sync. It dawned on me that as long as the microphone could hear the voice and the speakers at the same time, it’ll be in sync. Because before, we could never get everything in sync. That was the day Karaoke was born in Second Life. Open Mic Karaoke. There was nothing like that before. There were performers, but nothing with Open Mic.
And it took off right away. Mitzi was the builder so she built the lounge, and I went all around and was telling people about it. Nobody believed me. I’d say, “Next week we’re going to start Karaoke.” And they’d say, “Karaoke, what are you talking about, you can’t do karaoke here.”
Our grand opening was a hit, there were 28 people there because everyone was curious as to how we were going to do Karaoke in Second Life. We only did it once a week at that time, but people wanted more. It became 2 days a week for a few hours. Then more days and more hours, and people weren’t leaving after 5 hours. It was just a matter of 3 months when we decided to make it full-time, 24/7, because nobody would go home, they just wanted to sing and sing. And we’ve been like that ever since.
WT - What else do you do in Second Life to promote the Live music scene?
CM- Elvera and I, (Elvera Lerner is the co-owner of the ~O~ Lounge with me), she is the co-owner of the ~O~ Lounge also, and The Music Hall of Fame Group. She keeps me firmly planted in reality and my head out of the clouds.
The Music Hall of Fame Group was started by a woman named BringitOn Paine. She was one of the biggest promoters of the music scene in Second Life. She became ill and couldn’t continue on so she asked Elvera and I if she could take it over for her. In most groups with singers, all they’re able to do is send out notices for their shows.
WT- Please elaborate on what the Music Hall of Fame group is?
CM- The Music Hall of Fame has a resource center. These performers can add their names to be hired and venue owners can come in and click on a board. There are three buttons which are, fees or tips, the genre they want, and the day of the week/time they need them to perform. There are 170 top performers on that Music Hall of Fame board and only the ones that fit that category or criteria, are going to be shown to them.
There’s also a board up there with all the open mic places and karaoke places I could find in Second Life because new performers need to get established. I always bring new performers to the resource center, and I show them that board and tell them they need to go to as many open mics as they can, to become established. Venue owners go there looking for people to hire, and that’s the way people get to know you.
There are other resources like where to get your stream, Soundcloud links, ReverbNation, or youtube, wherever they have their music.
I encourage people at the ~O~ Lounge to start performing when I hear someone that I think can do it. Plus I also help people learn how to stream. That’s what I do, and everyone around me tends to be the same way. They have the same passions.
WT- The ~O~ Lounge continues to be a haven for novices and professionals alike, and your work with the Music Hall of Fame has helped so many performers. Tell us a little bit about what you’re currently working on?
CM- I have an ~O~ Karaoke Lounge website that’s being worked on right now that is going to promote a lot of people as well as the ~O~ Karaoke Lounge Podcast that I’ve reinstated which started in 2012. I’ll be doing interviews, teaching people how to stream, making videos on how to stream, and dual stream, as well as making videos on the various broadcasters and how to set those up.
SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Playa%20Brava/32/58/22
Group: ~O~ Lounge VIPs
Preferred contact: Canipanic MaslowJosh (Thomas1 Bellic) (JB): So, tell me, Trynn and Emi? Just what is the Basilica all about?
Trynn.Mildor (TM): It is about feeding the soul -
through music, through connection, through togetherness. It is about the thrill
of the dance, about losing yourself in the beat. Because when we are swept away
by the dance we become united, unified. We belong.
Emilysilkstone (ES):
Why do people
come to SL? To escape from reality for a bit, to chill, to relax, to meet
friends. We want to give them a good time because we think everyone deserves
to have fun here. And a club is just perfect for this: bringing people
together, listening to music, dancing, chatting ... you can do it all at the
Basilica.
JB: What a phenomenal build. Did the two of you do this all yourself, or did you
have help, and what did they do?
TM: Oh no this is the work of Marcus Inkpen -
we are more um ... putterers together of
things. - including ideas and people.
But we are in love with the building - the reflective floors, the high-arched vaults, and the majestic apses. we think are the perfect setting for a
sacred experience like music and human engagement.
ES: Well, I'd say "we threw stuff together
and called it a club". The real artists are the creators of course. I'm
the greatest admirer of all those amazing people creating amazing things in SL.
And it's an honor to use them in our sim. We started with a central theme, a
central story, then handed over to our imagination ... And this is the result.
JB: Why did you choose this setting?
TM: Well, we chose this beautiful building by
Marcus firstly for a selfish reason - we love it. But also, we chose it as a sort
of recognition that it can stand as a sort of metaphor for our devotion to
music. Like faith, music is transcendent in nature. It lifts your spirits, it
reaches the deep recesses of your mind that sometimes stay dormant. It even has the potential to remind us of the
vastness of the universe and how small we are in it.
ES: When I saw this Basilica for the first
time, my jaw dropped. I've never seen such an amazing building. And yeah, my
first thought was ... let's use it for a music club haha. I've seen RL
(techno-)parties in churches and I was at Tomorrowland last summer, so yeah,
this kind of scenery really adds to the experience. And I like it big haha. But
don't put that in your article.
TM: There isn’t anyone across the Myers-Briggs
personality spectrum that we don’t want to attract! We think everyone deserves human connection.
So, we hope for the passionate, the adventurous, the experimental, and the
spontaneous but ... we hope to add some of those elements to those who do
naturally or currently feel those things. Even those who aren't huge fans of
EDM will find pleasure in the vibe, the awe-inspiring sense of the place, and
the hot AVs dancing or hanging out.
ES: Well, personally I like almost everything!
From techno to classical, from oldies to French stuff. But it will be a
journey, taking off with EDM, techno, house, but also things like a dark wave ...
ok ask Trynn hahahaha. And about our guests, well my doctor once said I have a
big heart, so yes, there's room for everyone.
JB: As you know, there is no shortage of adult
entertainment sims in SL. What is the
“Basilica” difference and why should people come here for entertainment, vice
go elsewhere?
TM: Well The basilica is not only a dance club,
or only a hookup place - it's an amalgamation of the two things. But that just
makes sense if you think about real life. I mean, most of us have fallen in
lust at clubs millions of times over. Because music can be sex ... and sex can be
music. And a tad of lovense in the furniture will only add excitement into the
mix. The Basilica has a certain
energy to it, a pulse. You feel it the moment you look up at those ornate
windows and the apses, and then that first wave of neon brushes over you, and
you feel you are somewhere special. There
are other little things too, like the couple standing poses discreetly placed
around the floors and the exclusive balcony boxes that can be rented out for private parties. But at the
heart of it is our love for music - we are true devotees - it translates into everything, from the DJs
we pick to the themed events we'll be having.
ES: Oh, our unique selling points are many: first of all, our scenery: the fantastic Basilica, but also the buildings next to it: we have a cozy coffee house, a warehouse for illegal raves, a nice square for open-air concerts ... We'll bring the experience to social media, we'll even live stream to YouTube. We'll have Twitch DJ's in-world. And we'll implement artificial intelligence, so you can interact with NPC's. Fun Fun FUN!
ES: Oh, did you spot me on a Monday early
morning here? Guess I didn't have coffee yet.
TM: (Laugh) Those are only for my own stress
relief and amusement. When they are shot, they explode and there is great
satisfaction in that... I sometimes forget them and they spawn across the sim
giving visitors shock. Their days will
be unfortunately numbered once the club is open.
JB: Do you plan any special events here, and if
so, how might people learn about them?
TM: Oh yes!
We will definitely host themed events - both Emily and I are fiends for
fashion and dressing up. The best way to stay abreast of upcoming events is to
join the SL group: the Basilica @ Dark Rose, or to visit Emily's coffee shop -
the hostess there is always up to speed with the latest gossip.
ES: Yes. not only parties, but also fashion
shows, car shows on the square in front of the Basilica, and even chess games
with famous YouTubers. We're aiming for the next Eurovision song contest - ok,
now I’m kidding.
JB: Tell me about the Fire Station? Do you have some ideas for that?
TM: The Basilica for all its grandeur is
situated among some old factories and warehouses, some tenements, and a skanky
hotel. One sees this often in urban
development where a beautiful old building, often with historical value, gets
engulfed by industrial plants and such. however, luckily these buildings are quite beautiful in their own right. They
have a gritty sort of glamor to them. We are hoping to make them available as a venue for hire and to host some parties in them - maybe old-school style raves
could be amazing in there.
ES: Well, we value safety and security, and as
the Basilica is an old building, we rezzed a fire station as well. We had to.
Insurance ordered us to do it. So, we're safe now.
JB: And how about the future? Do you have any improvements or changes in
mind for the weeks and months ahead?
TM: We are very mindful of feedback, sometimes
you have to trial and error things, live with them for a bit to see if they
work or not. So definitely we will be ready to adjust if we must. But we
believe the bigger picture for the sim is quite feasible, and that the bigger
picture slots together like pieces of a puzzle. For example, Emily's is a
dainty little coffee shop with a marvelous view of the ocean; and there are
plans underway for an acoustic lounge on the beach with mismatched beach chairs
and gently crashing waves. Also, down
the line we would like to offer accommodations, those gorgeous old tenements
are just asking to be lived in.
JB: Is there anything else you would like to
share with our readers?
ES: Yessss, Second Life is an amazing world. I
think it's still the best virtual place around. And I hope to see all those
amazing SL-peeps at the Basilica. And not only on Sundays. Well, you know what
I mean. xox
TM: We want everyone to come on
this journey with us. Friends, family, frenemies, future friends … everything
we do is transparent. We want people to share in the milestones, the
successes and the mistakes. And when we fail at some things, we’ll
fail forward. It’s sort of like launching a new tech platform in beta, we’ll
throw all we have at it and make adjustments as we learn until it is the best
possible user experience around.
So, there you have it folks. The Basilica is a feast for the eyes AND the ears. Grab the LM below and hop on over and check it out. You’ll be glad you did.
Tell ‘em
Josh sent ya.
Be there!
Aloha
SURL: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dark%20Rose/67/18/24
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/groups/14850893@N21/pool/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1thebasilica
Discord: https://discord.gg/KC6cu4U9
DJ booking: https:appointmentthing.com/thebasilica
SL Group:
The Basilica @ Darkrose
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♬ ♩ ♭ ♪♬ ♩ ♭ ♪♬ ♩ ♭ ♪♬ ♩ ♭ ♪♬ ♩ ♭ ♪♬ ♩ ♭ ♪ AudioHouse presents >> "After last year's struggles, we're happy that Veto Rubas is back! The talented acoustic rock performer is back and better than ever. With his signature blend of soulful melodies and powerful guitar riffs, Veto will have you on your feet and singing along in no time. So take advantage of this incredible opportunity to experience live music at its finest. Get your tickets now to see Veto Rubas in action!" Join us this week for a celebration of diversity in the arts! We have an exciting lineup of talented performers from all walks of life, each bringing their unique style and perspective to the stage. Take advantage of this opportunity to be inspired, and entertained, and to broaden your cultural horizons. Get your tickets now!" Monday 6 Feb >> 1pm: Joshua Vox 2pm: Loopman Blep 3pm: Raven Zenoria 4pm: Veto Rubas Thursday 9 Feb >> 1pm: Ivy Fadel 2pm: Rice Tyler 3pm: Mr. J 4pm: Germmano 5pm: David Rhangel Of course, you can check their calendars or FBs to check where else you can find them! We hope to see you somewhere this week at one of their shows, Come Listen, have fun, Enjoy most of all, Let's keep Live Music Alive for old and young Greetz Team AudioHouse (Schedule could change due to RL)
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