Gem Sunkiller at Freedom Rock: Bid My Hair Purple

 

 Hello Friends!

On Saturday, March 16th from 5-6pm I will be participating in Freedom Rock's DJ/Fundraising Contest.  I'd love to see you all there, whether you can give or not.  You all spur me to be my best version of myself, and I welcome your support.

For every 1000L raised my hair will be purple for a day, up to be beginning of Relay Weekend!  For a single  donation of 10,000L I will transform into a purple people eater for the rest of the weekend.  ( I know, I am shameless)


Gem Sunkiller

Saturday, March 16th
5-6pm SLT
@ Freedom Rock 6

 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/American%20Cancer%20Society3/137/126/3001

 

 

Events At The Veterans Tribute

 

 

 The Veterans Tribute is still going. And there's music events every day there. On Sunday, Charlee and I dropped by to DJ Nikki Bourne's set, which was followed by Krysta Constantine.

The events will continue for at least the rest of the week.

 

 

Tuesday 11/07: 2-4 PM Baako, 4-6 PM Lucious Giano

Wednesday 11/08 : 4-6 PM DJ Freed, 6-8 PM DJ Perg

Thursday 11/09: 6-8 PM DJ Nikki Bourne

Friday 11/10:  2-4 PM Baako,4-6PM DJ Dena McMahon, 6-9PM Marine Corps Ball

Saturday 11/11: 12-2 PM DJ Dena, 2-4 PM Baako,4-7 PM DJ Flatt/Spyker , 7-9 PM DJ Iniry Vaher

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Meadow%20Grove/113/147/22

 

The SL20B Music Events Wind Down

 

 

Over the past few days, the final music performances have been taking place at the Second Life Birthday area. On Friday June 30 from 7 to 8 AM SL time, DJ Tantari played to the crowd at the Mandala stage

On Saturday July 4, it was DJ MTV/DJ Minty's turn on stage at the Mandala, with a number of 80s hits.

 

Sunday July 2 had the last of the performances, such as this one at an Aboretum Music stage.

At the Aboretum Performance stage was a group performance by Blue Lion. 

 

The last of the scheduled events took place at 11PM and Midnight SL time, the last one at the Oroborus by DJ Dave. There were no shortage of comments, "It's Second life adventures forever, continuing on and on ever renewing but still having that feel." "It's an absolute pleasure sharing this with you weirdos. You're my kind of weirdos."

 

While there will very likely be unscheduled performances in the next several days at the SL20B grounds, there will be no more planned in advance. Those who want to keep an eye out for the impromptu ones will need to keep an eye on the SL Birthday group. As for the exhibits, they will be up for several more days. The sims will remain open to the public until Tuesday July 11.

 

Happy Twentieth Birthday, Second Life

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Announcement: DJ Minty At The SL20B, Saturday July 1

 

 

 DJ Minty of Furry Fashion will be DJing at the SL20B this Saturday, July 1, at 4PM SL time. The Rockin' Unicorn will be playing a list of 80s tunes. Check the event schedule to see which stage she'll be at.

Main Teleport: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Astound/118/135/23 

Alternative B: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Astonish/189/189/57
Alternative C: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Imagination/67/67/57

Announcement: Fantasy Faire 2021, April 22 – May 9

 

Many Realms – One Vision.
Fantasy Faire 2021: Building a World Without Cancer

Celebrating its thirteenth year, Fantasy Faire 2021 is the largest gathering of fantasy designers, enthusiasts, roleplayers and performers in the virtual world. From Thursday, April 22 to Sunday May 9, treat yourself to shopping, dance and theater performances, DJ parties, auctions, questing, our Literary Festival, fantasy art, events and roleplaying as thousands of Second Life residents and creators bring their own visions together to support the American Cancer Society’s vision of a world without cancer.

Our formal programming will conclude on Sunday, May 2nd with our Live Auction, but don’t despair, there is an additional week of shopping, questing, and exploring as the Fairelands will be open through Sunday, May 9th. That’s a total of eighteen days of the Faire – and you never know when something unexpected might happen in that final week!

As always, you’ll find fantasy avatars, clothing, furnishings, gadgets and exclusive items available from over 200 of Second Life’s top Fantasy Creators across stunning regions designed by some of the visionary artists behind many of the hottest spots on the Second Life destination guide.

In addition to the shopping regions there will also be Faireland realms that take us beyond commerce, from a Memorial Garden to the Fairelands Quest, the Literary Festival, Performance Stages, from Art Galleries to the Worldling Collection.

Fantasy Faire 2021 will be open to the public April 22 – May 9. The SLurl to the event will be found on the website on our opening day. We welcome you to come and join the story.

Fantasy Faire 2021 is made possible by the generous support of our Region and Event Sponsors, all of whom you can learn more about on the Faire’s website. For more information please contact one of the Faire coordinators:
https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/organizers/

Are you or a loved one battling cancer? Find out how many ways the American Cancer Society is there to help. Visit cancer.org or call (US) 800-ACS-2345.

Email: FantasyFaireSL@gmail.com
Website: http://fantasyfaireSL.wordpress.com/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/fantasyfairesl/
Plurk: http://www.plurk.com/FantasyFaireSL
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FantasyFaireSL
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/fantasyfairesl/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FantasyFaireSL
Discord: https://discord.gg/cxN5NEzBe5
RFL in SL: www.relayforlife.org/secondlife

American Cancer Society SLurl:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/American%20Cancer%20Society/127/103/21

DJ Matt Raises Over 20,000 Lindens

  
 On Wednesday March 10, DJ Matt (aka Matt Carlton / MattDCarlton Resident) took to the stage at the Relay for Life Home and Garden Festival. She took to the stage at 7PM SL time.

DJ Matt grew up in the Missouri Ozarks. Having lived near Branson and spending a a lot of time there seeing shows and also having some distant realatives that performed for Silver Dollar City, shi was raised on country music, blues, bluegrass and classic rock. Shi still has a great passion for these genres, country being her favorite. Music has always gotten hir though some of the worst times in hir life, and now she love to share some of these wonderful tunes with folks here on SL as a Tiger striped 9 tailed fox. Hope 3 (55,114,33) 

Originally scheduled for one hour, Matt ended up playing music for two, all the while people donating Lindens to two RFL kiosks on either side of the stage. Although Matt is with Team Sunbeamers, the money didn't get credited to the team. Instead it went to general funds. Over time, there were various comments spoken about those lost to cancer and the effort to fund the fight against it. Matt stated that she had taken part in the Relay in real life before coming to the virtual world, and was thankful for her friends telling her about the Relay for Life in Second Life. 

At the end of the two hour event, the two kiosks had an additional 21,493 Linden dollars. 

DJ Matt currently plays every Thursday at the Bouncing Bunny Beach Club on Thursday afternoons. She just recently volunteered for a "Bid Me" event, the details which will be in the Newser soon.

Bixyl Shuftan

Various Relay Events in February

For most of Second Life history, the Relay for Life's fundraising season has started in March. This year, it started a month early in mid-February. The big event was the Kickoff. After that, there were numerous other events from special club parties to fantasy roleplaying to DJing on stage to show and tell,and more.

Read the story in Events.

SL Video: "DJ's Second Chance in Second Life" (2010)

(Click here if the video fails to play)

From CNN Money in February 2010, "Brad Reason, a real life DJ, finds that the virtual world offers more abundant and enjoyable work." This several-year old video is a bit dated, and Doubledown Tandino is a bit mistaken when he says there were few other DJs at the time he started out. Also, most of the DJs I run into don't usually make what he does. Still, it does describe how life for someone who enjoys DJing in Second Life can be, "I don't want to ever leave, because I know this is the future"

Reader Submitted: How to Broadcast from Anything

Almost a year ago, Tantari Kim, also known as DJ Tantari, sent in a reader submission, "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way." In the article, she used MIXXX software for her DJing. But what about other software? There are some free commercial ones, notably the free version of Virtual DJ and Traktor and Serato, but they aren't made for playing to Shoutcast. In a reader submission she recently sent in, she describes how to enable them so that they can.

Read Tantari's reader submission in Extra.

Scenes at the Relay

It isn't just humans and furs who take part in the Relay for Life. Avariel Falcon, the dark unicorn, is a somewhat frequent sight at their events. But there are others as well.

On Friday June 9 at 4PM, DJ Geerkil Ziskey made an appearance at the "Unmasking a Cure" Medieval Faire. Although it was before "prime time," Geerkil drew a crowd whom usually imagine dragons at Medieval events breathing fire instead of making music.

 Hello, I am DJ Geerkil, I will be performing LIVE for the UAC's third annual Relay For Life (RFL) event on June first from 4-6 PM SLT and June ninth from 6-8 PM. I ask that all my friends please support this event to help with cancer research. Help save a life today! I will be performing at the Village Square Stage. ?? This is a Medieval Faire. It features dozens of live performers and djs, medieval style tournaments and demonstrations, an expanded Activity Sim with areas for role playing, rentals, fortune telling and etc. This year the faire boasts almost 100 merchants who are all selling items for a 100% donation, in support of Relay For Life. Please consider being a part of this event and know you lindens are going for a great cause. Any and all tips go directly to support RFL.

Geerkil DJs every Tuesday afternoon at the Happy Vixen, also at 4PM.

The Medievalfest goes on until June 18.

On Saturday June 10 at Noon, a number of tinies from Team ACTS had an event in New Toulouse at the Tiny Social Aid Club. DJ Mani "Owlbear"  Hancroft was the one playing the tunes. A cardboard cutout of Shady Fox, whom passed away over a year ago from cancer and remains fondly remembered by many, was placed behind the counter. Oldesoul Eldemar was there in his own tiny avatar.

These were just two of the events going on this weekend. Among which are the two "Bid Me" events going on at Club Cutlass. Several hundred more Linden dollars have been donated in the kiosks since we last wrote about them. Donate more while you can

Bixyl Shuftan

Edited June 12

Reader Submitted: "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way - Chapter Five"

Tantari Kim has gotten quite a reputation for being a high-energy DJ. The energetic blue vixen has made her mark at the Happy Vixen and a number of other clubs in Second Life. For anyone with the interest, equipment, and time, for DJing in the virtual world, she has written a guide, "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way." She contacted the Newser, and submitted the guide to be published in several segments. Here, Tantari concludes her guide with some ways seasoned DJs can improve, and some closing thoughts.

Read the seventh, and final, part of Tantari's guide in Extra. 

Reader Submitted: "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way - Chapter Four"

Tantari Kim has gotten quite a reputation for being a high-energy DJ. The energetic blue vixen has made her mark at the Happy Vixen and a number of other clubs in Second Life. For anyone with the interest, equipment, and time, for DJing in the virtual world, she has written a guide, "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way." She contacted the Newser, and submitted the guide to be published in several segments. Here, Tantari goes into details beyond the mechanics and becoming a full time DJ in Second Life.

Read the sixth part of Tantari's guide in Extra. 

Reader Submitted: "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way - Chapter Three"

Tantari Kim has gotten quite a reputation for being a high-energy DJ. The energetic blue vixen has made her mark at the Happy Vixen and a number of other clubs in Second Life. For anyone with the interest, equipment, and time, for DJing in the virtual world, she has written a guide, "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way." She contacted the Newser, and submitted the guide to be published in several segments.

Read the fifth part of Tantari's guide in Extra. 

Reader Submitted: "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way - Chapter Two Part Two"

Tantari Kim has gotten quite a reputation for being a high-energy DJ. The energetic blue vixen has made her mark at the Happy Vixen and a number of other clubs in Second Life. For anyone with the interest, equipment, and time, for DJing in the virtual world, she has written a guide, "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way." She contacted the Newser, and submitted the guide to be published in several segments.

Read the fourth part of Tantari's guide in Extra. 

Reader Submitted: "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way - Chapter Two Part One"

Tantari Kim has gotten quite a reputation for being a high-energy DJ. The energetic blue vixen has made her mark at the Happy Vixen and a number of other clubs in Second Life. For anyone with the interest, equipment, and time, for DJing in the virtual world, she has written a guide, "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way." She contacted the Newser, and submitted the guide to be published in several segments.

Read the third part of Tantari's guide in Extra. 

Reader Submitted: "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way - Chapter One Part Two

Tantari Kim has gotten quite a reputation for being a high-energy DJ. The energetic blue vixen has made her mark at the Happy Vixen and a number of other clubs in Second Life. For anyone with the interest, equipment, and time, for DJing in the virtual world, she has written a guide, "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way." She contacted the Newser, and submitted the guide to be published in several segments.

Read the second part of Tantari's guide in Extra. 

Reader Submitted: "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way"

Tantari Kim has gotten quite a reputation for being a high-energy DJ. The energetic blue vixen has made her mark at the Happy Vixen and a number of other clubs in Second Life. For anyone with the interest, equipment, and time, for DJing in the virtual world, she has written a guide, "How To DJ The DJ Tantari Way." She contacted the Newser, and submitted the guide to be published in several segments.

Read the first part of Tantari's guide in Extra. 

Burn2 in Second Life

The Burn2 festival is over. But there are still stories to tell. Today we have one from Grease Coakes. Grease didn't just observe the event, but took part as a DJ, and was asked to help out with one of the ceremonies. And he was on hand to see one of the final events: the "Burning of The Man."

Read Grease's story in Events.

Perri Prinz Back at DJing

Club Cutlass had an offer for someone for someone to DJ in the afternoon of Sunday April 24. But the person never showed up. They were about to cancel when Perri Prinz, whom is still known in the Sunweaver community for her DJing before she went on hiatus stepped up. She played for the planned two hour set, and longer, going into the evening.

Does this mean her hiatus is at an end? She isn't saying. But everyone in the community was happy to hear she was feeling well enough to play again.

Tantari Kim's "Journey of Sound"

Grease Coakes is back, and his article for today deals with someone who's became a familiar face around the Sunweaver/Angel Estates: Tantari Kim. Once known mainly for being an interesting character with longterm experience of the grid going back to it's Beta days, Tantari's been learning a new talent: DJing. Grease Coakes recently interviewed her about her style of the art, which she describes as her "Journey of Sound."

Read Grease's interview in People.