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

[Damon Smith]

It sounds interesting. I want to learn more about it. Playing outside  
the Bay Area with my own double bass seems like a thing of the past,  
so internet performances could be one way to over come it.
Dresser was talking about various collaborations he is doing over the  
internet.

On May 5, 2008, at 6:17 PM, Brady Sharp wrote:

> 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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Damon Smith

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