It has been discovered that she doesn’t have health insurance to cover this challenge. Because it will be considered a preexisting condition she will find it very difficult to get coverage for her medical expenses.

Today I performed a benefit show in Second Life to help raise funds for Michelle. Many artists performed throughout the day and people are being very generous. We still need to do all we can. So… I am offering a recording of today’s show (warts and all) for you to download. You are certainly welcome to the recording for free, but I think Michelle and everyone else would appreciate it if you would donate a bit to the cause.

The PayPal link will allow you to donate online — you can use any major credit card (Visa, MC, AEx or Discover) or your PayPal account to do so. Please contribute. Every little bit helps. Your donation will be send directly to Michelle.

Here’s the episode of Audio Gumshoe that produced today, via the DivShare player:

I wish I could remember all of the names that were there. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to connect all of them, but here are many of the musicians that I know that played, sang, and enjoyed each others’ company:
Dimivan Ludwig, Edward Lowell, Dakota7z7 Pluto, Wendy Curtis, Kim Siefert, Ezcape Hax, Mimi Carpenter, Maximillion Kleene, Damien Carbonell (is that the right spelling?), Anek Fuchs, Gina Steele and I’m sure there are more. That Rich Desoto guy even showed up.

Here is a short video from my phone. The sound quality is awful — as is the video — but what can we expect from a camera phone?

Author and owner Phill Plasma covers such topics as live music in Second Life, interviews with the people in the environment, and venues and places that he finds interesting. In addition, Plasma covers topics about technology and the World Wide Web. He shares his experiences with blogs and social networks, music sites and more.

I was fortunate that Phill Plasma was in the audience recently when I played during the monthly ORIGINALS showcase. He recorded video of my performance of “Future Retrospect” while he was there. He contacted me to let me know that he had posted the video to his site. This connection led to an interview and Phill has now released it at the Virtual Herald site. Please visit to hear the song and to read the interview!

Phill recently also posted videos of ORIGINALS performances by Juel Resistance and Zorch Boomhauer. Be sure to watch them, as well.

Rastafairy Beach presents The O R I G I N A L S

Live from 10am slt (1pm US ET) Sunday, 24th May, Ten acts, 30 mins each, all original music!

Formed in 2008 The O R I G I N A L S are the brainchild of POL Arida & The Shippe who wanted to bring more original music to the masses of SL! The ORIGINALS are a travelling group of varying artists, a selection of some of SL finest live musicians performing all original sets at different venues around the Grid.

We are very happy to be bringing The ORIGINALS to Hexx & Jsmn’s RASTAFAIRY BEACH today and hope you enjoy the great original music you will hear at event!
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The artists performing with The O R I G I N A L S today are

10.00am – The BORN AGAIN PAGANS – NL
10.30am – AMFORTE CLARITY – CAN
11.00am – LEXIE LUAN – USA
11.30am – BARA JONSON – SWE
12.00pm – POL Arida – SCOTLAND
12.30pm – ZORCH BOOMHAUER – USA
01.00pm – RICH DESOTO – USA
01.30pm – JUEL RESISTANCE – USA
02.00pm – ACOUSTICENERGY NITELY – USA
02.30pm – DANN NUMBERS – USA

If you would like more information on The O R I G I N A L S please contact HARRIE SKJELLERUP or POL ARIDA in world or via our myspace http://www.myspace.com/theoriginals_sl

We are now on Twitter also and you can follow us @TheORIGINALS_sl where we will be sending regular updates and also want to hear who you think should be part of next months line up, you can also email us theoriginalsinsl@gmail.com

We hope you enjoy the showcase of some of SL’s finest original musicians, and that you will continue to support them, Original Music and of course all Live music in SL. If you are unable to make the event in world, dont worry you will still be able to listen in, as the event will be broadcast live on INDIESPECTRUM RADIO at http://www.indiespectrum.com

Please pass this along to your friends in both worlds and get them to come along or tune in too!

Thank you for being part of The O R I G I N A L S!

For those people that don’t participate in Second Life or that would like to hear the show through another player, please listen to the show at IndieSpectrum Radio.

Dublin Live Music Showcase!

Each week featuring well-known artists for your enjoyment and introducing new artists for growing the spirit of live music in SL!

5:00pm pst/slt – Rich Desoto Live Music – Fibber Magees Nightclub, Dublin 3

Pop, Rock, Folk – Acoustic, Vocal
Come hear such SL standards as Avatar Girl, No Copy No Mod and I Used to Sleep!

LISTEN IN ON DUBLIN RADIO! http://66.34.54.162:8000

From the Music Not Politics web site

Music Awareness 2009 takes flight this Friday, April 10th as Washington, DC rocker Kevin M. Thomas kicks off 100 hours of live music concerts set in the virtual platform known as Second Life (). If you are not a resident of Second Life you can still catch all or portions of this historical event via streaming technology. Butterflies Radio will simulcast the entire 100 hours at http://butterfliesradio.com/ . You can listen live from the MUSIC NOT POLITICS website. BZoO Radio will be simulcasting portions of the event and you can listen directly in to the stream.

Although the initial intent for Music Awareness is to help reach new audiences within the world of Second Life it is also meant to bring the music community together and begin building bonds between musicians, ultimately strengthening the community. Additionally with the streaming technology, it is hoped this year’s Music Awareness event will reach well beyond Second Life and into the real world where fans can see they have a choice and musicians can see that there is a platform for exposure for them.

The traditional music industry has long held control over what artists get air play and what do not. We believe every musician has a right to be heard and that fans do have a choice. During Music Awareness we try to bring this all together in a party that continues to ring in everyone’s ears long after the event is over.

There are over 90 musicians coming together for this event, all performing from their home studios via streaming technology and coming directly to you. If you are in second life, the musicians are fully interactive with the fans that are represented by virtual avatars. Efforts are underway to ensure that all residents of Second Life can enjoy the event. If the Money Island sims are full there are several venues available for audio simulcast. The entire 100 hour event will be simulcast at Z’s Music Club. Additionally, other venues will be simulcasting portions of the event including but not limited to: Bay Vista, Cuddler’s Cove, Blueberry Hill, Sicily, JSP Island and Anthology. If you are not in Second Life you can still tune in and support indie music and your right to choose.

For more information, check out an interview about Music Awareness on SLCN’s Tonight Live and check out articles about Music Awareness at thinkerer.org and at the SL Enquirer (click on the music tab)

Wheelerwood Films has created an awesome promo video you can check out to see some footage from last years Music Awareness event you can search Music Awareness at http://youtube.com/

Updates for the event can be found at MusicNotPolitics.com.

If you cannot join us in-world, please listen via WinAmp or iTunes. [Stream Address]

Listen in via Winamp or iTunes.

Remember, Friday, 13 March 2009 – Old Salt’s Pub – 6pm SLT/9pm EST.

From the Eventful.com listing:

Dublin Live Music Showcase! Each week featuring well-known artists for your enjoyment and introducing new artists for growing the spirit of live music in SL!

. 5:00pm PST/8:00 EST – Rich Desoto Live Music – Fibber Magees Nightclub, Dublin 3
. Pop, Rock, Folk, Classical – Acoustic, Vocal
. Come hear such SL standards as Avatar Girl, No Copy No Mod and I Used to Sleep!

LISTEN IN ON DUBLIN RADIO!
FOR OUR REMOTE LISTENERS:
Set Music Players To: http://66.34.54.162:8000

Explore Dublin 3 — the home of Fibber Magees