Wanna know a great place to listen to Opera? Well check out Zurich the sim I came across and have grown to adore the best place to relax and hear beautiful music.
All events at:
Slulr: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zurich%20City/242/32/31/
Please join our group, Zurich Opera House Patrons, to keep up to date with shows!
The Opera house is an i-common, non profit SL group all the money collected in our tip jars is used to keep bringing musicians to the venue. So please donate. Our tip jars are on both sides of the scenario.
Our current main sponsor is Hublot-Geneve the Luxury Swiss Watchmaker
The Opera House is listed as a prime venue in SL by Linden Labs http://secondlife.com/showcase/sub_page.php?showcase_category=3&blog_category=5
Day: 14th January
Time: 2PM SLT
Artist: Tukso OK
Born and bred NYC singer songwriter who plays in SL as a cover tune artist. Progressing from Yahoo Messenger to Paltalk and finally to SL, Tukso Okey is in search of better sound and interactivity for making music and entertaining people. Tukso plays his own renditions of hits from many genres. From Rock to Folk to Blues to Soul to Reggae; from Allman Brothers to Zappa; from ol' Blue eyes to The Wailers, Tukso Okey will try to suprise and delight you...sometimes with an original song or two.
Day 19th January
Time: 1PM
Artis: Benito Flores ****clasical concert****
Classical pianist in RL.
Programme:
* Improvvisation on Neapolitan songs
* Scarlatti: Sonata K 125
* Rossini: Barcarole
* Chopin: Etude op. 25 n. 12
Info and discography:
Victor de Sabata: Piano works (La bottega discantica)
Alessandro Marangoni, piano
www.alessandromarangoni.com
Day: 19th January
Time: 2:30 PM SLT
Artist: VLB (return engagement at the Opera house)
Virtual Live Band (VLB) is a band consisting of 5 members from 3 countries, and 5 different locations. (1 member in Germany, 1 in the UK and 3 in different locations throughout the US.) They describe their style as bluesy rock. Almost all of their songs are originals, with an occasional cover thrown in to the mix.
VLB uses a program called Ninjam to sync all of the streams. Each member streams the individual stream to a server in Germany, where it is syncronized and relayed to SL as one sound. This tecnique adds to delay significantly and makes it difficult to play together "in sync". In order to communicate during a performance, they have a text chat room inside Ninjam, where they must type their internal communications. It takes a lot of practice to pull off this fantastic show!
Websites:
www.myspace.com/virtualliveband
www.virtualliveband.com
Day:20th January
Time: 3PM
Artist: Heath Elvehjem
People like to call Heath a new age pianist.
New age piano? What’s that, you might ask? Most people haven’t the slightest clue either, to tell the truth. Some people say Yanni. Some people say Jim Brickman. Others say George Winston. So who’s right? Some say new age piano is a mix of classical and jazz styles. Others call it contemporary instrumental music. Some think it implies religion or philosophy, others not so much.
So what do you do with a guy who cites his beginnings with Yanni, Jim Brickman, and similar pianists, but plays like Bruce Hornsby, Marc Cohn, or Billy Joel at times? How do you sum up someone whose compositions soothe the soul and rock the house, all at the same time? How do so many pianistic influences come together in one bag?
That's where Anthem comes in.
Still trying to discover the meaning behind new age piano and life, Heath has reached deep into his musical soul to present ten brand new compositions.
Journey to Heath's home state of Louisiana in the fun filled piece Amite. Feel the warmth of hospitality course over you as you think of good Cajun cooking, New Orleans jazz, and coffee and a Louisiana sunset.
Relive a moment with an old friend in the poignant and moving piece Reunion.
Chase the night and live to see the Coming of the Dawn. Feel the warmth of the sun and the life surrounding a drive on Louisiana's North Shore in Chasing the Sun.
Lose yourself in the rhythms of Passion Dance.
And that's only the beginning.
Heath's latest release takes you on a myriad of journeys, and will hopefully leave you breathless in its wake. Expect songs about living life, and taking chances you never even thought possible.
Relevant details aside, it is a sure thing that this pianist loves to tell stories, and one can often find him entertaining the audience with tales about his own music or cheesy anecdotes. Whether entertaning a crowd of fifty online in Second Life or doing a live performance along the Gulf Coast, Heath is positive you'll be celebrating life with him alongside the music of Anthem!
For more info on Heath:
www.heathvercher.com
www.myspace.com/heathvercher
To order CD's: www.heathvercher.com/music.htm
Day:26th January
TIme: 1PM SLT
Artist: Hep Sheperd
The story is simple-This New Years Eve (12-31-2006) I was in the English countryside and ended up playing a small show with my friend Chloe (she is a classical violinist), at a small place called Foxholes. The reception was so positive that when I returned to NYC I decided to leave my office job (still a little freaked out about that one) and pursue my passion. For the most part I only perform songs that I have written the music and words for. I play an honest mix of acoustic rock and melodic folk. Songs I have written include, "Your Ways", "Phases" and "Last Goodbye". His music is soothing, lyrically provocative and melodically sing-a-long-able.
More Information:
www.hepshepherd.com
www.myspace.com/jeffkrantz
Time: 2:00PM
Artist: Edward Kyomoon (t.b.c)
http://web.mac.com/ddevore42/EdwardKyomoon/Home.html
Having played music since he was a child a career in music seemed inevitable. He pursued this goal by studing music and recording technology in college, playing in bands, composing original music, and eventually becoming an studio engineer producing music in Seattle Washington.
Starting at the age of 16 he began performing live for audiences and went on to play guitar and keyboards in several local rock bands in the early 90s. In his 20's he started producing my own original music using synthesizers, drum machines and electric guitars. As an audio engineer he've have the opportunity to work on hundreds of records with indie and major label artists.
His biggest influence in music comes from the following bands and artists: Pink Floyd,The Doors, Bob Dylan,The Beatles, Led Zepplin, Tom Petty, Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead and Tool to name a few but I have an appreciation for many styles of music ranging from jazz to classical to bluegrass to hip hop and electronica. His experiences in Second Life over the past year has inspired him to compose new music and perform for the virtual audience.
Day: 2nd February
Time: 1PM SLT
Artist: UKD Project (to be confirmed) http://ukdproject.com). We are a Live SL Band which has played in SL since June.
Day: 9th February
Time: 1PM SLT
Artist: Vincent Merricks aka Todd Cody.
A musician that hasbeen writing and performing for over 20 years in RL. As a solo performer or with various bands, he have played for lodges, bars and lounges in Massachusetts, Arizona and Florida He have written songs in many genres including pop, blues and jazz, but write and perform mostly country music. He is just starting out as a performer in Second Life with great sucess.
Day: 16th February
Time: 1PM SLT
Artist: Angel Stornwind
Playing Second Life for nearly 3 years, Angel will delight you with music across genres, all coming from the heart. She prefers songs that move her soul, be they classic, rock, jazz, blues or anything in between. Her sound is soft and silky, sexy and beguiling, smooth and easy. Bring a date and be prepared to enjoy a wonderful evening of romance and dancing!
Angel began singing at an early age, performing before her first large audience at the tender age of 7. Angel trained professionally for over 10 years, attending a highly regarded school of the arts high school and continued to study music and perform while in college.
Come spend an hour or two, with Angel and all her friends. It will be time well spent!
Please visit www.angelstormwind.com
Day: 16th February **** OPERA CONCERT****
Time: 2:30 PM SLT
Artist: Darek Benoir
Opera singer. Born in Mexico, where studied for 12 years opera singing, as music theory, acting performance, piano and harmony. His repertory includes specially baroque, classicism, opera buffa & belcanto, but also a wide range of genres like cabaret, ballads, jazz, and bolero, and mexican songs. He sings in italian, french, spanish, english, latin and german.
He has received many scholarships from the mexican, spanish and catalonian governments. He is actually studying a postgraduate in Spain.
Day: 23th February
Time: 1PM SLT
Artist: Louis Volare
Louis Landon aka Louis Volare has played classical music for Mikhail Baryshnikov and Latin music with "Pucho and his Latin Soul Brothers" on national and international tours, pop music with Rupert "Pina Colada Song" Holmes on television and national tours, rock with John Hall, opening for "Little Feat" on national tours and has written and produced music for film, video, and commercials, including three years of "best plays" and "bloopers" commercials for the National Basketball Association.
As a recording artist, Landon has released six CD's on the LCI Record Label: Dec. 2005 "unwind"
2003 "The Gershwins, Cole Porter, & Me"
2000 "Joyous Spirit 2"
1999 "Feel This"
1997 "Joyous Spirit"
1994 "Love Songs & Jazz"
All songs on all CDs were produced, written, and arranged by Louis Landon except Gershwins and Cole Porter songs on "The Gershwins, Cole Porter, & Me."
Check out Louis Landon's electronic press kit: www.sonicbids.com/louislandon
Louis Landon's personal mission in life is to create a more lovingl world by writing and performing music from the heart.
Day: March 1st **** OPERA CONCERT ****
Time: 2:30 PM SLT
Artist: Brent Renard
Brent Renard is tenor and composer. He has a wide experience in opera singing and performance, also directing and staging his owns compositions. His specialties are baroque opera, buffa, bel canto, and classicism, but he likes many much more periods and also genres. He prefers the unusual and unknown than the most represented and common. He is in RL university professor and researcher.
Lately, in SL he offers live concerts, classes, explanations and introductions to opera. From beginners to big fans.
PLUS EVERY WEEK:
And every Sunday we have DJ music at Ligeia's 12-2PM SLT ELwe Eldrich.
Hope you all Enjoy the shows ;)
See you there
S.F
SHOWS ALREADY PRESENTED AT OPERA
Day: 13th October
Time: 12M SLT
Artist: Anakin Gallacher
Great Opening at the Opera House
Day: 21st October
Time: 12M SLT
Artist: Meriadne Merlin
Music: Piano and castanuelas
Thats music you never heard this way. Crossover playing nonchalant with musical styles and epochs. Worldmusic on classical. Famous pieces of classical music are combined with an additional voice for the castagnattes, which in spain is called “text for castagnettes/texto de la castanuelas”. So both instruments together tell the story behind the music. Meriadne and Castanuelas play since 1982. Both (female) artists behind the avatars teach at a music school and do the same also in RealLife. So where parts of this program played for the “long nights of the museums” on 6.10. in Austria. The concert is played while 2 avatars are online on 2 pc’s on animated instruments while a slide show with fotos from spain is running on a whiteboard. In between are some parts of the book “silk” from Alessandro Barrico (in german).
Day: 3rd November
TIme: 1PM SLT
Artist SHOE Spitteler
Shoe Spitteler performs Acoutic Guitar and Vocals - Easy Listening / Rock.
Shoe is from NW Morecambe in the UK, has a great sense of humor and loves to laugh. Shoe has a great voice and performs a vast mix of music. He is presently working on a website.
He plays music that moves him, including covers from Staind, Radiohead Metalica and more.
He is working with a band in RL on original material and will keep us posted as to progress.
Day: 10th November
Time: 1PM SLT
Artist: Virtual Live Band (VLB)
Virtual Live Band (VLB) is a band consisting of 5 members from 3 countries, and 5 different locations. (1 member in Germany, 1 in the UK and 3 in different locations throughout the US.) They describe their style as bluesy rock. Almost all of their songs are originals, with an occasional cover thrown in to the mix.
VLB uses a program called Ninjam to sync all of the streams. Each member streams the individual stream to a server in Germany, which it is syncronized, then relayed out in to SL as one sound. This tecnique adds to delay significantly and makes it difficult to play together "in sync". In order to communicate during a performance, they have a text chat room inside Ninjam, where they must type their internal communications. It takes a lot of practice to pull off this fantastic show!
Websites:
www.myspace.com/virtualliveband
www.virtualliveband.com
Day: 17th November
Time: 2PM
Artists: SanityInn Wind
Sanity Inn's blend of accoustic guitar and rich vocals will touch your heart and soul, and make you want to dance your socks off! Sanity is one of the true original musicans and songwriters of Second LIfe. His laid back personalty and fun spirit will have you coming back for more.
For more information on this gifted singer/songwriter, visit his website at:
http://www.sanityinn.com/
http://www.myspace.com/sanityinn
Day: 24th November
Time: 2:30PM
Artist: Guy Goodman
Guy Goodman has lived the life of an entertainer in RL and brings those skills to his performances in SL. Active for over a year in SL, Guy started out his life in SL dj'ing and built a solid reputation as a fun and inspirational DJ of all varieties of music but quickly gained a reputation and following as a jazz and standards DJ. After a brief hiatus he decided to focus his efforts on singing. Having produced cabaret shows in RL for several years, this time he would be the center of the act.
Using a collection of carefully selected backtracks Guy brings a powerful voice and a great personality to any venue he plays.
Promotional songs can be found at:
http://www.myspace.com/slguygoodman
***DOUBLE SHOW ON the 1st of December***
Day: 1st December
Time: 1PM SLT
Artist: Tone Uriza
*Tone Uriza aka Tony Uribe plays the blues. No gimmicks, no frills, Just good solid blues.*
With 28 years of playing the blues in Tucson, Arizona, USA. I am currently performing solos and duos in SL. I own Blues Heaven and I perform there regularly. I am 52 years old and I have been playing the blues professionally for 28 years. In 1999 I was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall Of Fame.
"I've been around a long time people, I really paid my dues..." - B.B. King
Visit my websites: http://www.tonystorpedoes.com or http://myspace.com/tonyandthetorpedoes
Subscribe to my podcasts at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ToneUrizasPodcastFromSecondLife
His podcast blog is at: http://www.bigdaddybluesinsecondlife.com/
Day 1st December
Time: 3PM SLT
Artist: Benito Flores (piano)
Classical pianist in RL. Will play the same programme as in the Scala in Milan (5th of December)
Info and discography:
Victor de Sabata: Piano works (La bottega discantica)
Alessandro Marangoni, piano
www.alessandromarangoni.com
Day: 8th December
Time: 1PM SLT
Artist: Jean Munro
Jean Munro is a professional vocalist and keyboard player who performs classic jazz tunes, new jazz tunes and throws in some music that appeals to her. She also can jump into any genre at a moments notice, from rock to classical. Her music is now being heard regularly in Second Life.
You can buy her MP3 at her Poseidon's Port Club. She recently released her song "Songbird"! a wonderful collaboration with Audiater Faulds. IM Jean Munro or Audiater Faulds
Jean has a BA in music and has been performing live for many years both as a solo act and with many bands and is a known professional.
Currently, she is the music director of a large church on the East Coast where she directs and manages an adult choir, a children's choir, and trains the singers for the Sundy services and special events. Much of the music that they perform are her own arrangements.
Jean wants to enjoy her SL experience, she is a musician, arranger and all-around performer who wants to get her music out to the public. Join Jean's group "Jean Munro's Affections" for gig info and updates!
******** DOUBLE SHOW ********
Day: 15th December
Time: 1PM SLT
Artist: Eliz Watanabe
Eliz hails from Texas and is a brand new performer to Second Life but no stranger to music in Real Life. From a young age Eliz has been playing the piano and singing. She was trained as a vocalist which has been her main focus for the past few years. Through her hard work and dedication to music she has received numerous awards for her talent. Eliz's passion is country music but she also loves to sing pop and love songs. Major influences in Eliz's life are Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Martina McBride and Faith Hill.
Time 2PM SLT
Artist: CAntell Mitzer
Can'Tell is not a usual artist that you can categorize. Her style goes from rnb, funk, to soul and jazz, just a few to mention. Growing up being surrounded by music, she developed her love for music at an early age. As a baby, she would already sing-a-long with the radio, before she could even start to talk.
When she started dealing with the music industry, she always wanted to make music which she would also consume. She didn't want to be "made" by anyone telling her how to sing, dress or perform. It was important for her to be herself and to keep her own real personality, than a "made" one.
For this reason, she always stayed true to herself, especially to her music. Her versatility helped her explore music, by experimenting on different styles. It was all a learning process for her, which helped her develop her skills in singing, writing and later on in producing.
All songs released on www-cantell-music.com, www.myspace.com/cantellmusic and performed in Second Life are self-written, composed, produced and performed by Can'Tell.
Day: 22th December
Time: 1PM SLT
Artist: Djai Skjellerup
Djai is a songwriter. He creates simple, timeless, classic songs accessible to all. With an emotive style he evokes all the feelings you keep hidden away. Love, loss, joy, sorrow, highs, lows and everywhere in between are encompassed in his subtle lyrical and melodic offerings.
Djai's shows consist of all original material played and sung totally live. Whether you want to rock or be mellow you will come away from his shows singing the songs to yourself.
Check out Djai Skjellerup at his myspace page where there are a few "live" recorded tracks.....
www.myspace.com/djaiskjellerup1
Or go to his new official website (under construction) where there are some excerpts from his new album.....
djaiskjellerup.weebly.com
Friday 28th December
Christmas Concert - 2PM SLT by Benito Flores
Piano improvvisations on Christmas famous Carols
and a rare Rossini's Christmas piece
Rossini: Enchantillon du chant de Noel a l'italienne
Improvvisations
Brahms: Walz in A flat
Benito Flores, piano
(Alessandro Marangoni, rl)
www.alessandromarangoni.com
Day: 29th December
Time: 1PM SLT
Artist: Orangelife Holmer
Bruno Santos, known in Second Life as Orangelife Holmer, is the vocalist, guitarist and composer for the real life band, The Sorrow. The band started in 1998 and keeps faithful to his musical influence, Staind. He has one album out, Dark Days, the compilation of many years of experience, many of which have to do with less fortunate moments in our lives.
For more information, visit his website at www.myspace.com/ thesorrowbandpt
Day: 29th December
Time: 2:30PM SLT
Artist: Forshythe Whitfield
Caught somewhere between the dirt roads and the juke joints of the Mississippi delta, Forsythe Whitfield was born singing the blues. He came into this world crying and he carrys the torch for other lonely souls wherever he goes.
His music is a mix of piedmont style picking and delta slide guitar. He mixes his masterful slide with a raw sense of humour and solid mature songwriting. Preferring to work without the trappings of modern musical performance he creates all his music on an old resonator guitar with a bottlneck slide to sing harmony with him.
The man behind Forsythe Whitfield has been a professional blues player in Canada for over a decade now playing thousands of shows all across the nation. He has logged more time in a car than he would care to admit and has visited every small town in Canada carrying his message with him.
Blues is Truth!
Day: 5ht January
Time: 1PM
Artist: Dann Numbers
name in RL: Dann Russo
www.dannrusso.com
www.myspace.com/dannrusso
www.sonicbids.com/dannrusso
Bio (from www.sonicbids.com/dannrusso)
The lights go down, the crowd gets up and everybody starts to sing as onto the stage steps the next acoustic prophet of Rock and Soul.
Dann Russo pours rock, blues, country, gospel and every other type of real down-home music into his performance like the sweat that pours from his brow. He doesn't strum - he beats his guitar, wrenching emotion out of it. He doesn't sing - he energizes crowds with his sometimes gruff, sometimes gravelly, sometimes sweet voice.
Often backed by The Whisky, a harmony-violin-guitar-drum-keyboard-driven group of five, but also when on his own, Dann is a force to be reckoned with, a "soon to be phenomenon" (NorthEast In-Tune Magazine) with "rock-and-roll abandon" (Newark, NJ Star-Ledger).
As a solo performer and with The Whisky, Dann has become a regular in clubs, coffeehouses and theaters of Boston and New York.
He recently has become a fan favorite in the on-line world of Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com) as Dann Numbers, playing weekly shows as well as special events, streaming from the confines of his basement to computer speakers around the world.
Day: 12th January
Time: 1PM
Artist: Mikelec Criss
Although a fairly new artist to SL, Mikelec has been making quite an impression with his mix of cool acoustic rhythms and rich vocals. Mike's shows include an entertaining combination of adult contemporary and classic rock cover songs performed with a mix of raw acoustic purity and some full pre-recorded production tracks. Mike performs classic cover songs along with his original pieces which have an adult, easy listening feel and a hint of progressive and folk rock.. Classic rock is his main genre, influenced by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and other classic rock greats, he is passionate about sharing his love of music & performing in SL.
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To hear some of Mikelec's work, goto
http://www.mp3.com/artist/michael-christiansen
or just tune into FCMC radio where Mike's original recordings can be heard on the
air daily.
You can also purchase downloaded MP3's of Mike's original recordings from any number of the many FCMC radio Music KIOSK's going up all around SL.
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MIKE'S BIO
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Mike is the lead singer, songwriter and a founding member of the Pittsburgh based band, Lost Frontier. However, Mike also writes and records original solo works from his home studio. Mike's presence in SL is a chance for him to reveal and get exposure for his solo works.
Mike has 20 years of computer consulting experience by which he makes his living, but Mike is also a student of Audio Production technology and has studied Audio Engineering earnestly for the last 5 years. He has produced full length CD's for his own band and worked on many other projects with other bands and musicians throughout the Pittsburgh area.
Mike has compiled a rich set of audio gear over the years including amps, speakers , mixer's and PA system designed for Live Music Production sound reinforcement.
Mike’s recording studio (for computer based and Podcast performances) include the following gear. . .
Ibanez S Series Electric Guitar
Washburn Accoustic Guitar
Seinheiser E835-S Microphone
dbx ProVocal Digital Vocal Processor
DigiTech GNX2 Guitar Processor
Casio CTK-541 Midi enabled keyboard
ART TubePac professional tube preamplifier and compressor
Mackie DFX-12 analog Mixer
A Custom Built Computer Based Digital Audio Workstation ((running Sonar 6 Producer Edition Recording Software and OODLES of soft synth and software effects plugin modules))
Alesis ADAT Blackface 8 Track Digital Audio Recorder
Behringer PowerPlay Pro XL 4 channel headphone amp and distributor
All this is interfaced and mixed on the computer Digital Audio Workstation with an E-MU 1820 Audio Input System and Digital Signal Processor using EMU's patchmix software mixer.
Mike's general message to his audience and often found in many places of presence across the internet is most often simply this. . ."Keep Smilin and Keep on Rockin in the Free World!"
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