http://virtualmusic.today.com Today.com weblog Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:31:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On April 27, 2009 the Wisconsin Area Music Industry held their 29th Annual Awards Show at Turner Hall in Milwaukee (WAMI). Deb Mikesch was honored with the "Presidents  Award" for her work with the organization. 7 acts performed live and over 30 awards were given out recognizing Wisconsin musicians of ... http://virtualmusic.today.com/2009/04/28/deb-mikesch-2009-wi-area-music-industry-presidents-award-recipient/ Guitarist Dave Mikesch aka, Nevin Nightfire in Second Life will be making 2  appearances in Second Life this weekend. Fri Feb 20th, 6PM (PT) at OD Designs for a virtual "Rez Day" party for founder of OD, Othro Vargas. Sat Feb 21st 1PM (PT). Roxi's Music Theatre with supporting act Gray Earl, ... http://virtualmusic.today.com/2009/02/19/nevin-nightfire-in-sl-fri-and-sat/ The VRCA 2008 Awards Nominee list has been released. We’re excited to announce that Nevin Nightfire (Dave Mikesch - Postal Fury) is a nominee for “Best Live Musician” in Second Life! Vain Inc. www.vaininc.com is a monthly publication in Second Life with a circulation of over 30,000 Resident readers. Topics ... http://virtualmusic.today.com/2008/12/23/nevin-nightfire-best-sl-live-musician-nominee/ The Second Life Music Association (SLMA) will host their annual holiday party and musician recognition night on December 17th from 6PM to 10PM (PT) in Second Life. www.secondlife.com Lineup will include live acoustic/vocalist Gray Earl  www.myspace.com/thedanielnathanband at 6PM followed by progressive rock guitarist  Nevin Nightfire www.myspace.com/postalfury at 8PM. Musicians performing in ... http://virtualmusic.today.com/2008/12/15/sl-music-association-holiday-party/ Roxi Bingyi was chosen as OD Design’s December 2008 Calendar Girl! OD Designs is the largest and most visited music gear company in Second Life. Ortho Vargas, owner works under official permission from certain guitars companies such as Dean Guitars to build virtual guitars for avatars with the precision of ... http://virtualmusic.today.com/2008/12/01/roxi-bingyi-od-designs-dec-calendar-girl/ Gray Earl performs at Roxi's Music Theatre EVERY Tuesday at 6PM. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Frenscent/29/47/25 Nov 26th at 8PM: Musical Turkey Bash at Roxi's Music Theatre with progressive rock guitarist Nevin Nightfire. http://www.myspace.com/postalfury http://slurl.com/secondlife/Frenscent/29/47/25 Dec 8th all day: Dimebag Darrell Memorial Tribute at Roxiland Beach. Guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott was brutally killed onstage during a performance, Dec ... http://virtualmusic.today.com/2008/11/25/upcoming-shows-in-second-life/ Avatars in SL use many  unique words and terms in world. You’ll want to be familiar with the basic ones: We’ll start with A – L. I’m listing the ones I use most often however, there are many more than listed on the Second Life website at www.secondlife.com. AFK – Away ... http://virtualmusic.today.com/2008/11/20/common-terms-used-in-second-life/ Assuming you have loaded winamp and the shoutcast plugin, as discussed in the last blog, you are now ready to download Second Life. Got to www.secondlife.com and register for a free account. The only reason for paying the $9.95 monthly premium fee is if you plan to own land. You can always ... http://virtualmusic.today.com/2008/11/14/naming-your-musician-avatar/ Second Life has a learning curve that is so steep, most residents master just a few aspects of the game that interest them personally. I have been a SL avatar for almost 2 years logging in at around 3000 hours. I’ve read 11 books on the subjects of audio streaming, ... http://virtualmusic.today.com/2008/11/12/learning-curve-in-sl/ My name’s Roxi Bingyi. I’m the virtual AV for “MWE” agent Deb Mikesch & founder of the “Second Life Music Association” (SLMA). B4 my avatar was created, Deb spent months learning the logistics of supporting musicians in SL. By reading every book, blog & website available, it was soon time ... http://virtualmusic.today.com/2008/11/11/who-is-roxi/