Damian Carbenell at THE LUMBERYARD, Dragon Cove - 2pm Friday 27 May 2011

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Damian Carbenell is a very popular and well-established performer in Second Life.  Dottie and I have heard him two or three times before, enjoyed his show each time and been very impressed with his top quality singing and playing.  He's been on my to-blog list for months and last night at last I could be in the right place at the right time.

Damian is a singer song-writer with a dozen originals on his song list, as well as an extensive range of covers of popular pop, rock and soul songs. He sings to his own excellent and tuneful acoustic guitar or piano playing.x

Jesse Ribeiro at Coconut Beach Club - 1pm Friday 20 May 2011

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A singer with fantastic sex-appeal who really brings in and wows the girls is Jesse Ribeiro !!  He's a fellow Gibraltarian and colleague of Wolfie Moonshadow.


Yet again he's another great SL singer who last night I found just by sheer chance !!

Jesse is an accomplished musician in RL and has just recently brought his love for music into SL.  He is a writer, composer, vocalist, and producer who has been singing and playing piano since the age of 7.  

His favorite artists include Coldplay, Sting, Stevie Wonder and Gino Vanelli. Living on the Rock of Gibraltar on the border with Spain he sings fluently in spanish as well !x

The Moonacy Writer Sessions at Moon Farm - 5pm Thursday 12 May 2011

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The Moonacy Writer Sessions have a unique format for live music in Second Life.  Each Thursday a string of 6 artists sing all original songs and play acoustic guitar for half an hour each from 5 to 8pm.  

Facilitator and driving force behind these events is landowner Moondoggirl Moomintoog based in Nashville.  Also central to the events is Fox Reinsch of IndieSpectrum Radio.  The sole purpose of ISR is to expose more people to the amazing talent of the musicians in Second Life, and to promote their efforts as independent musicians by playing their original works.  ISR simultaneously broadcasts the Sessions every week.
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Vincent Merricks at Sunset Jazz Club - 5pm Tuesday 10 May 2011

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Vincent Merricks plays centre in Tuesday night's Dream Team between wingers Saint Skytower and Ganjo Mokeev.  The three artists are very complementary with Vincent playing great blues, rock and country between Saint's blues and Ganjo's funk.  I'm sure Vincent won't mind the ice-hockey metaphor :)

Real life Todd Cody has been writing and performing for over 20 years. As a solo performer or with various bands he's played for lodges, bars and lounges in Massachusetts, Arizona and Florida.  He's written songs in many genres including pop, blues and jazz.  Todd plays original songs as well as blues, country, jazz, oldies and rock covers. He plays live guitar on top of his own backing tracks, and sings with and without backing tracks.
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Reis and Ald Alter at Bonaire - 2-15pm Saturday 30th April 2011

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As soon as I got this notice on Saturday my senses heightened, my heart raced and almost nothing else mattered.  I knew I had to be there !!

"  Unique event today -  2:15pm  - REIS and ALD Alter - In a pre-colombian landscape built for this event with some nice particle effects matching the music.  Only spiritual and deep hypnotic music.  Alternating electronic tunes to pieces sung by Reis from the Afro-Brazilian animistic tradition and the composers Giacinto Scelsi and Aldo Brizzi.  All will be deep, hypnotic, downtempo   "

I have heard brazilian singer Reis and italian composer of electronic music Ald three times before, at Bonaire, and at Fleure's Enchanted Corner.  Each time they had been hugely impressive and it had been a real privilege to be in the audience of such amazingly talented and wonderfully unique artists.  While I found writing this post difficult, because of my minimal knowledge of portuguese and italian and this genre of music, as a listener I can give my thoughts and views as to how it made me feel and how much I enjoyed it.

Krisie Snowdrop at Kickin Club - 10am Saturday 30 April 2011

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A fairly new discovery of ours is lovely Canadian singer,  Krisie Snowdrop, from Edmonton, Alberta.  Krisie is mainly a country artist with a beautifully smooth, melodic voice, which is an absolute pleasure to listen to.  She tells us that in the real world she is a Karaoke Jockey in two local bars, and this comes through into Second Life where she effortlessly creates a friendly and fun party atmosphere.

Krisie has written on her profile that she is a shy Canadian chick just starting out her singing career in SL.  Don't you believe that for a minute !!  She is established, and professional and some of her songs are certainly not shy !!
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