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"Through the Looking Glass (part three): Virtual Music"
Taped live in the 3D on-line community Second Life.
Broadcast beginning week of October 11, 2006
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This week on The Infinite Mind, the third installment of our special series, "Through the Looking Glass", examining the world of virtual on-line communities. This week, in part three, we examine Virtual Music.
Musical artists and performers are finding their niche in the burgeoning music scene in on-line virtual communities, like Second Life. On the virtual stage, musicians are able to play in front of live audiences gathered from all over the globe without even leaving their homes. They are able to reach more of their fans, earn more money and get more exposure than they do in real life.
This week host John Hockenberry welcomes Suzen Juel, singer/songwriter who has been performing in the Minnesota Twin Cities area for over 15 years, who talks about her alter ego “Juel Resistance” and the “realities” of the virtual music industry.
Also on the program is one of the biggest and most famous performers in the entire world - of Second Life,that is - Cylindrian Rutabaga, an Atlanta-based artist who launched her career in Second Life and has gone off to perform in the real world as well.
In the second half of the program, the much publicized interview and performance with singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega,the first major musical artist to perform live in Second Life, and the first live broadcast to emanate from "in world."Suzanne Vega performs "The Queen and the Soldier," "Tom's Diner" and "Unbound," taped live for The Infinite Mind at our virtual amphitheater in Second Life in front of an avatar audience of more than 100 Second Life residents.
Video of Suzanne Vega with John Hockenberry live from Second Life on The Infinite Mind (click here)
The Making of Suzanne Vega's virtual guitar (click on screen)
Stayed tuned next week as The Infinite Mind presents:
"Through the Looking Glass: The Transmission of Experience " (part four) for broadcast beginning October 18, 2006. In the fourth and final program in this special series, host John Hockenberry is joined live in Second Life by author Kurt Vonnegut, whose writing has chronicled the intersection of humanity and technology. The program also examines 3D virtual reality and the transmission of experience over a digital cable; what this revolutionary medium can do that books, radio, TV and film just can’t (hint: it's a long way from snapshots of your pet, and vacation post cards of a sunset.) Plus a concluding commentary by John Hockenberry as we look back on this landmark four-part series.
