Nuvolino At Inspire Space Park

 

One place in Second Life that is "must see" would be Inspire Space Park. This "cosmic sci-fi natural outer space galaxy built by talented SL artists," was stunningly beautiful when it first appeared in 2007, and since then has continued to wow and delight visitors. Besides it's scenery, performers sometimes have events there. Netera Landar was recently there to see a performance by a musician named Nuvolino. So what was it like?

 

See Netera's article and pictures in Events. 

 

SL Video: "The Drax Files: World Makers - Episode 43: Nnoiz Papp"

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From Draxtor Despres on February 1, "If you are 40 years of age or under and grew up in Germany you have internalized the music and sound effects concocted by Nnoiz Papp’s physical-world alter ego. He has been part of the team that breaths life into the longest running German animated series 'Sendung mit der Maus' and their spin-off shows since 1984 but did you know he literally has a Second Life, full of music that is a completely unique melange of classical and electronic styles?

"Since his early days as a professional musician, Nnoiz mixed classical, pop and jazz genres in his repertoire but also in his choice of instruments: he was an early computer music pioneer in Germany all the while studying the oboe at the esteemed Cologne School of Music.

"Since 2007, Nnoiz has been touring SL and in both worlds/lives he embraces the latest in modular synthesizers, never utters phrases like 'in my day music was so much more [fill in superlative]..' and his house seems more crammed with musical gadgets than Robert Moog’s garage in the 60ties.

"Invoking Wendy Carlos, he processes Bach and Haendel with a breath controller and while active in the local music scene Nnoiz only in the virtual world can he connect in real time with a different global audience on a different stage sometimes several times a week.

"And while technology is improving at a rapid pace with input devices that increase immersion - if you look closely you will see Nnoiz use a Leap Motion in one sequence - the secret sauce of good old Second Life seems to be as tasty as ever: empower people to share their creativity with as little interference as possible.

"So come on down and enjoy the show!"

For more info on nnoiz go to http://www.nnoiz.com/

For more info on his "day job" check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Sen...

The Return of Club Culture

Grease Coakes recently found out that Club Culture, an EDM club owned by DjMicah Resident, was back in Second Life. He was invited to a grand reopening party that lasted for twelve hours. Grease got a chance to chat with DjMicah and manager Amy Tigris Ninetales (Tiger Ninetails), and they had a few things to say about the club.

Read Grease's story in SL Clubbin'.

Pauline Oliveros, Elecrtonic Music Pioneer, Passes Away. Performed in Second Life in 2007

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Hamlet Au recently announced the passing of Pauline Oliveros, a musician whom had done music for many decades and was noted for being a pioneer in electronic music. Second Life was among her experiments, and performances. In this video taken in November 2007 by Hamlet, she performs with the Avatar Orchestra Metaverse Group. Her avatar was named Free Noyes.

Her friend Jeremy Turner had this to say on Facebook, "Many composers (even the greatest ones) usually have a peak period before stagnating and burning out. Pauline was exceptional in that her creative output never stagnated. ... Her ideas never became dated over time and were continually on the cutting edge of technological developments... In this century, she will likely be remembered for her telematic performances on Skype as well as her virtual compositions and performances for (and with) the Avatar Orchestra Metaverse in Second Life... Pauline will indeed be seen as a role-model for generations to come."

Zynga and "The Sims Social"

Most Second Life residents are probably familiar with Zynga, the company known for it's games on Facebook, such as "Farmville." Recently they made the news, but not in a good way. CNN stated that Electronic Arts, the company behind "The Sims," filed a lawsuit against them for making their new game, "The Ville," too much like "The Sims Online," the adaptation of their famous game to Facebook. Grease Coakes took a look at the two games to see for himself.

Read Grease's story in Extra.