[NewMusic] Carbon poop-print (was ecto-touring)

[Brady Sharp]

A friend of mine did a regular second life gig with a trio, and they all
noted the unusually small number of people that turned out (like 3, which is
about average for some of the shows that I put on in real life!).  They
looked at a map of the sim island and saw lots of people on the other side,
enough to overcrowd the server to keep people from getting in to see their
show.  Then went over to the other side to see what it was, and saw
nothing.  My friend produced a Huey helicopter, everyone jumped in, and they
flew upwards from where all of the activity was, and found a large virtual
orgy going on about 8000 feet in the sky with hundreds of avatars gyrating
on each other.

So, instead of being shut out by a similar act with more draw scheduled to
play that same night, they were shut out by the sky orgy throng down the
road!


Brady


On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Robair, Gino <Gino.Robair at penton.com> wrote:

> Here's a link that also sports this month's buzz-concept of
> touring-minus-carbon-floopprint:
>
> http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/05/canadians-plann.html
>
> Obviously, virtual concerts have been going on for some time already, but
> now there's a race to make a (virtual) buck. Maybe that'll mean that
> Pauline
> Oliveros (who has her own Second Life band, besides her I2 performances)
> will get a chance to play on a festival stage opposite Radiohead and
> really
> open some ears.
>
> Win-only and wma quality...
>
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