I wanted to get a post here before the week flies by and I forget.

Open Mic at the Lonely Yak Texas Roadhouse next week should be a great night! We have the following lineup so far:

6:00pm Rich Desoto
6:20pm kelvinblue Oh
6:40pm Joaquin Gustav
7:00pm (open for now)
7:20pm Solomon Brink
7:40pm Edward Lowell

So, please join us at 6pm on Monday, 14 July 2008 at the Lonely Yak.

I’m going to see if I can remember the words to my own songs — and possibly those of other songs that I have known for years but seem to somehow forget midstream. Tonight wasn’t my best of shows. Sigh. Oh well, it’s all in good fun I suppose!

Amazingly enough, I have two performances in SL today. It would be great if you could come to listen!

Rocky Shores

The first today is at one of Second Life’s best live music venues, Rocky Shores. Ticious Trottier and her crew always book some great acts; I’m always humbled to be asked to play.

Show starts at 1 PM SLT. Rocky Shores can be found on the Cascadia sim.

Stonehenge

Lyn Carlberg has invited me back to the druidish (is that a word?) live music venue Stonehenge. I’ll follow Nad Gough, so it should be a fun time [and stuff].

Show starts at 4 PM SLT. Stonehenge can be found on the Windlesham sim.

Studio relocated

I’ve recently moved my home studio to a different room in the house. Yes, Sierra has banned me to the dungeo… erm… basement. But it will soon be this recording musician’s paradise! Until then, however, I’m slowly tuning the room so that it is not so “bouncy” and “boomy.” There may be some unique sounds coming from the area as I perform. We’ll just mark that down as “ambient experience.”

I get a cameo! Woohoo!

Spence Wilder Makes an Appearance

Originally uploaded by Rich_Palmer

It was great to see the long-lost Spence Wilder at the Lonely Yak Texas Roadhouse this evening! He showed up during open mic with Cylindrian Rutabaga on stage. Her ethereal sounds must’ve brought him back to life!

I recently received some considerable criticism for not spending more time in the Second Life environment. I was chastised for not being more “involved” and for not performing more shows. There were references to other musicians that play “every day” sometimes more than once a day. This was the baseline comparison I was given and I was apparently expected to meet this qualification of standard.

I can only say this. Second Life is a great place to network, a great place to find live music, to explore new interests, to learn about new technologies, and more. However, Second Life is not MY life.

I am a very busy person. I have a fairly demanding career position in media relations and safety education with a suburban fire department. I am a voice over talent creating content for clients during my “non-work” hours. I am a singer/songwriter that is also desperately trying to find time to finish producing an album. I have two children, both active in a variety of activities. I produce two independent media programs (podcasts) and one for my employer.

I would say that I do quite well with a performance or two each week in the Second Life environment. I would like to spend more social time, but I have to realize my limitations. With the extended obligations that I have committed myself, I must also find time to spend with my family. They certainly deserve the attention, right?

And, considering that I have been a Second Life musician for going on two years, I believe I’ve developed a healthy balance of reality and virtual presence.

Please don’t give up on me, though. I’m still around, I’m reachable via IM (through my email when I’m not online) or at safesongs [at] gmail {dot} com, or even via this blog.

And please don’t think that I’m not a contributing member of the SL live music community just because you don’t see me every day or that my shows aren’t more frequent.

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Some of you may recall that I participated in an episode of The Late Show with Angelico Babii on 5 May. I’ve just received the news that the episode has been posted. You can find the show at Metaverse-tv.com and at Metaversetv.Blip.tv.

Here’s the video as it stands. Angelico told me that there may be additional editing (sound effects, transitions, and such). I think it stands well as a top-notch show, though!

Update: Apparently this show widget may automatically update to new shows when they add them. If you see a different episode in the player and want to find the episode with my tunes, please visit Metaverse-tv.com and look for the show featuring Ham Rambler.

Sometimes its really fun to just do something because it is the right thing to do.

Tonight I’ll be playing a one hour performance to help raise money for the Relay for Life effort. The group sponsoring this evening’s event is the Relay Raiders.

Won’t you join us in Second Life for this great cause? Show starts at 5pm SLT at Haute Couture.

An SL television show

Last night I was asked to be the musical guest on the Late Show with Angelico Babii. You can find this show at Metaverse-tv.com. It was an interesting experience and I’m glad to have been asked to participate.

The Blarney Stone

What made this most special is that this episode was recorded at the Blarney Stone Irish Bar in Dublin. This is one of my favorite locations in Second Life. I’m always honored and humbled to be asked to perform at this venue. There are so many people from around the world that regularly tune in to the Blarney Stone music streams, even when they are not in-world.

Guests on the show

Ham Rambler, the owner and creator of the Dublin sim, was the featured guest on the program. Also interviewed was Madddyyy Schnook, the author of How to Get a Second Life: Build a Successful Business and Social Network Inworld.

It is my understanding that the show is being edited and should be available at the Metaverse TV web site later in the week. You can also find the show at blip.tv.

I wanted to share this info for anyone that may not have received it in-world. This text was in a notecard recently distributed by Yxes Delacroix. You can now find the open mic at the Lonely Yak Texas Roadhouse on BlaksleeWorld.

Hello all,

This is a notice to let all our loyal Open Mic friends that Rich and I have relocated to a new venue for our Monday Night Open Mic event. The landmark is [http://slurl.com/secondlife/BlaksleeWorld/225/225/25], and we hope to see you at our new place this Monday, and each Monday you can make it!

Yes!, we are still having the Open Mic on Monday nights, 6-8pm SL time, with the same great talent that we have brought to you over the last year. We will continue to show off the talent you all know, as well as giving new talent a place to perform and get into the SL Live music scene.

We are opening a new “group” for this new venue, called “Roadhouse Open Mic”, and will be sending out invites later this weekend, so you can get the announcements of who will be performing each Monday night! (And we already have a full show planned for this coming Monday at the new venue!!! Hope to see you there!)

Hopefully, you have a slot open for the invite, and will be joining us for Open Mic Monday Night at our new place!!

See Ya’ll then!
Yxes and Rich