SL's Got Talent Open Mic Auditions a HUGE SUCCESS!

25 contestants participated, 18 moving to ROUND 1....

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VMS News: New VMS Performer Calendar Section Provides a List of SL Entertainer Schedules!

We at VMS decided to make this page available to all of our readers in order to help them locate when and where their favorite performers (and maybe find some new ones)  will be performing in-world without all the fuss and muss of searching in events or for a performers profile to find a link...
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VMS News: The Rockit Club: If the House is A Rockin'- Pen Dragon Reporting...

What do you do if you have years of experience performing live in SL? Plus a ton of friends who are top notch live performers, as well as too much club equipment just sitting in your inventory? Well, if you are Tricky Digfoot, you follow a dream and open a small, laid back and fun live venue!

The Rockit is that venue. After performing live and being involved in a large sim aimed at the SL music scene, he decided to step out of his comfort zone and open his own venue at which he and his friends would perform and he could book other great live shows.

"I've performed in SL for a  few years now with a group.  We owned a sim at one point but they kinda went to big for me. It was bit much with my busy RL. So anyway, I had a lot of club equipment in my inventory that was just collecting dust so to speak. So I decided to open a club on a smaller parcel and keep it simple and a little less stressful."

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You Are Cordially Invited to Join SLE & VMS Magazine for a Party with Pure Class and Style : April 16th from 3 to 5 pm SLT

Mix and Mingle with SL's Media Moguls for a night of white hot entertainment provided by DJ Jay and the beautiful and talented AMFORTE Clarity.

Dress to impress in your best white attire. Some lucky guests will receive special prizes that are sure to shine a spotlight on them. Hope to see you there!

This event is sponsored by The SL Enquirer & VMS Magazine

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VMS News: Keeba Tammas: Manic Mania- Pen Dragon Reporting...

 You just know you are in for a unique show when you walk into the venue and the band taking the stage are all tinies! 

Each one of them bickering back and fourth playfully and the crowd is laughing along with their antics. The singer herself is a 'biggie' and she manages to somehow wrangle this menagerie. The mood is light and relaxed and everyone's spirits are high. Yeah, this is gonna be fun!

That is exactly what you can expect with a performance from Keeba Tammas. A fun, free wheeling and light hearted show featuring an expansive song list that covers everything from Martha and the Vandellas 'Dancing In The Streets' to "Weird" Al Yankovic 'Dare To Be Stupid.'

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VMS News: Phillip Moura; Breaking the Rules- Pen Dragon Reporting...

When you enter a formal venue, especially an upscale jazz venue like 'Birdland' you have certain expectations; you, of course, expect formal, usually a smooth jazz. When the artists is sponsored and promoted by a group like luvers island (www.luversisland.com) you expect top notch entertainment. With Phillip Moura you'll get that top notch, upscale jazz. You'll also get so much more. You'll get a performer who not only has the talent to play any genre you would expect to hear from a flautist of his caliber, you'll also get an artist willing and able to break the rules and truly rock out on his flute.

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Spotlight on Virtual Music Magazine and Jay Hurikan- Lanai Jarrico Reporting

Virtual Music Service Magazine (VMS) is a music company that focuses on virtual world talent in Second Life ©.  This magazine provides music lovers a variety of information about various artists and helps musicians with visibility across the internet using promotional tools like Facebook and joint collaborations with other virtual world media sources, like The SL Enquirer. Within their web pages you will find interviews with musicians, blog articles and web –based radio broadcasting.

The SL Enquirer met up with Jay Hurikan, the man behind VMS to talk about the things they offer the community and how new musicians can get the help they need to get started performing across the grid, including some great exposure.

Interview with Jay Hurikan

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VMS News: Rara Destiny:A Real Life Destiny- Sarah Elisabeth Brenham Reporting...

Many individuals are lead to believe that the path we choose must be followed exactly in order to fulfill our dreams.
What people don’t realize is that since there are lots of facets to our personality, our roads widen to accommodate all of our passions and the opportunities that come along with them. One such woman discovered one of her hobbies after her and her ex-husband split up. This gal did not know that her life was about to improve, since finding out that she had the talent for and enjoyed her new pastime. This woman is Rara Destiny; one of Second Life’s top live singers. Let us see how her journey began as a performer and learn what her hopes are for the future as a singer.

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VMS News: The Baked; Second Life's First Supergroup- Pen Dragon Reporting...

Passion and friendship have been the basis for many a project in RL as well as here in SL. But rarely does the level of talent of two such amazing musicians like that of Pmann Sands and Bones Writer have the opportunity to come together in a way like never before here in Second Life. The result is an electric and amazing performance that is sure to not only touch and move you, but quite possible revolutionize the future of the way artists interact and perform even when they are thousands of miles apart.

Bones and Pmann have been friends for many years and wanted to collaborate on a single project for quite some time. 

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VMS News: What is it all about?

A virtual music company, online community and magazine that is based in a variety of places such as Facebook and Second Life. Bringing musicians all the necessary services to give them visibility throughout the virtual universes...that is what Virtual Music Services (VMS), is all about. 

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VMS News: Tristyn Homewood : The Balladeer- Pen Dragon Reporting...

Music speaks to everyone. It has been called the universal language. Everyone has a song that points to a specific moment in time, a memory or an emotion. That is the power and the pull of music, and for one man, the voice and the passion of music has led him to over five years of performing in Second Life.

Trystyn Homewood was born into a musical family with his mother singing and his father playing guitar in country/bluegrass bands. However, growing up in Florida he was exposed to, and influenced by the southern rocks stylings of bands like Molly Hatchet and Lynyrd Skynyrd. When he discovered Second Life and the ability to perform live to an audience his interest was piqued and he started his journey.

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VMS News: Kickin at the Kickin Club- Pen Dragon Reporting...

The music scene in Second life is alive and kicking. One venue can look back and say "we've been there and done that!" Having been the launching ground for many of today’s headline artists, and they continue to be a great place for the aspiring performer to get their feet wet or even continue to grow their fan base.

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VMS News: The Bare Bones of It -- Fun, Music & People. (Interview with Bones Writer, creator and owner of TRAX)- Klarissa Huntress Reporting...

Nestled in the middle of a pretty sim is a unique and comprehensive source of live music promotion. This is TRAX, Live Music Resource Center.

TRAX owner and creator, Bones Writer, is a humble man who downplays his remarkable achievements both in Second Life and real life.  His idea for TRAX was to create and promote, “a level playing field where everyone has opportunity and there is no elitism, everybody getting an equal chance to promote and market themselves.”

Bones is a professional musician with thirty years experience in the music industry, as a session player for artists like Jimmy Crespo of Aerosmith, and Billy Idol, or in the thick of a current New York Rock Opera version of Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities.

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VMS News: AMFORTE Clarity: Unmasked!

AMFORTE Clarity is well-known on the grid for her original music and soulful voice. Despite her hectic schedule, Virtual Music Magazine managed to track her down for an interview. If you are interested in seeing her live yourself, daily gig postings and press information are available at www.amforte.com. You can also like her on Facebook.

We started the interview by talking about her career, both on and off the grid. When asked how Second Life has helped her music career, she replied: "I have gained some real fans and helped me write a lot more." She has also collaborated with other musicians on the platform, including Raspbury Rearwin and Stratus MacTavish, and hopes to work with such amazing musicians in the future.

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VMS News: Bluemonk Rau : Left off Rte 66, Right into SL- Pen Dragon Reporting...

Many Second Life artists can lay claim to performing their music for live audiences in the real world,  but few can say they have worked with some of the biggest venues and artists in their genre. Fewer artists still can boast 40 years as both a professional performer and recording artist.  Even fewer have the honor of being a founding member of a band that was once voted “L.A.'s Entertainer of the year.” Bluemonk Rau can say all of this and more of himself and his career

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VMS News: Saintess Larnia in her Own Words- Thiza Ember Reporting...

The Support
I do remember my first concert at JLC Live. Jay Hurikan gave me my first break, owner of Virtual Music Services! It was mainly acoustic musicians and lots of regular performances. I had totally planned to sing in Second Life - that was my reason for coming here. My music career here is 100% supported by various people and without them; my career wouldn’t be the same. The teams that help me are my manager Lingual Markus, my assistants Teagan Sapphire.

Owen Landar & Tilly Morgath. The massive support from my fan group Saintess Souls who come to many gigs of mine sometimes twice in the same day! It can be very stressful to manage yourself alone.

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VMS helping to make the music in SL

"Do I remember my first concert at JLC Live?" asked Saintess Larnia incredulously.  She continued "Absolutely I do, Jay Hurikan owner of Virtual Music Services gave me my first break.  It was mainly acoustic musicians and lots of regular performances.  I had totally planned to sing in Second Life - that was my reason for coming here. My music career here is 100% supported by various people and without them; my career wouldn’t be the same. The teams that help me are my manager Lingual Markus, my assistants Teagan Sapphire. Owen Landar & Tilly Morgath. The massive support from my fan group, Saintess Souls who come to many gigs of mine sometimes twice in the same day! It can be very stressful to manage yourself alone. Notices have to be sent to music groups, gigs to be booked and audience to welcome. Assistants attend every gig and give a warm welcome to each member of the audience. I have managed myself in the beginning and it was hard so now I am so grateful to have such a well organised team these days.

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Follow the Music with VMS Magazine

VMS Magazine is a magazine focused on the Second Life music scene , interviews and reviews about musicians and music venue

You can read us inworld by clicking on one of our kiosks or you can simply read it here :

http://issuu.com/virtualmusicservices/docs/october_12_vms_magazine

 

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VMS News: Musician Bara Jonson: A Success Story - Angharad Catteneo Reporting...

Bara Jonson

Bara Jonson, a Second Life musician from Åhus, Sweden, has one of the greatest real life success stories I’ve encountered. I remember viewing a documentary on his Second Life so it was a treat to catch him live on the Grid. His music is a little alternative rock/country and his acoustic guitar complemented his strong voice. Listening to his performances, it’s easy to tell that Bara’s original songs were inspired by real life experiences.

I interviewed Bara about his music career and his journey to success.

Bara started with music at age seven and continued into his adult years. Around 1997 he took a ten-year break from music to concentrate on a business recruitment company. When the world’s economy took a nosedive in 2007, no one was hiring and as a result, recruitment companies weren’t needed. That was when he first started playing Second Life. The virtual world was a way to take his mind off of real life, although he had no knowledge of the music community within it.

“Well, I didn’t know anything about SL when I started. Then I thought about the idea of connecting a guitar and microphone to SL and maybe I could ‘find a place beside a fire to play for those who stopped by’,” he says of his first experiences in Second Life. Before he knew it, he had won the mediaculture Virtual Music Award of 2008 for Best Artist.

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