SL Music History : The Time Tabel

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This Time Tabel will be updated every now and then.

Tabel Version 0.8 April 07
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June 2003
Second Life gets released

August 2003
Sinatra Cartier joins SL

November 2003
Cua Curie joins SL
Drift Monde joins SL

December 2003
Jodi Perkins joins SL
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January 2004
Kei Mars joins SL

March 2004
Micala Lumiere joins SL

April 2004
Astrin Few joins SL
Astrin Few played the first Live Music show

June 2004
The release of SL version 1.4 includes Audio Streaming

Astrin Few played the first show that was streamed inworld,
at a party hosted by Sally Zapata,
after she “bought” an Astrin Few performance at a cancer benefit auction.
This was the biggest music event so far on SL, 19 people where there

August 2004
Circe Broom joins SL
Nexeus Fatale joins SL

September 2004
Flaming Moe Joins SL

November 2004
Debut Flaming Moe

November 2004
Melvin Took joins SL
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January 2005
Robbie Dingo joins SL

Februari 2005
First daisy stream, Astrin Few and Flaming Moe in Clyde at Clovers,
hosted by Drift Monde and Cua Curie.
The show was called “Alone Together”
Tickets were sold for this event due to the limited number of seats ( L$ 250 )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDcNoBcY_TE

Singer Tyne joins SL
Dolmere Talamasca joins SL

March 2005
The release of SL version 1.5 includes Video Streaming

Komuso Tokugawa joins SL.

April 2005
Ham Rambler joins SL
Alazarin Mondrian joins SL

June 2005
Frogg Marlow joins SL
Jaycatt Nico joins SL
Ursula Cinquetti joins SL

July 2005
Opening of The Lily Pad Lounge,
Frogg Marlowe, Jaycatt Nico, Lyndon Heart, Push Chandler, Starr Singer,
Kim Seifert, Grateful Stryker, Digby Smalls
are just a few that started at the Lily Pad Lounge.
The Lily Pad Lounge is known for the years of helping new musicians with equipment,
software and setup to be able to fulfill their dream of performing live in Second Life.

Frogg Marlowe debuts at the Lily Pad Lounge

Cher Harrington joins SL

August 2005
MetaVerse Messenger is released for the first time,
The Metaverse Messenger was created by Katt Kongo and Phoenix Psaltery

Frogg Marlowe released the first CD made from a recording of his SL performances
at the Lily Pad Lounge and available to purchase a real life copy via an inworld CD link.
It was called “Frogg Works Alone” recorded and produced by Cua Curie

September 2005
Yujitak Graff is the 50.000th SL resident ( 09-19-2005 )

Frogg Marlow released his second CD made from a recording of a SL performance
His CD titled “Ain’t No Women” was recorded / produced by Cua Curie

Virtual Aid Benifit, an event to raise funds for Hurricane Katrina victims.
This event took place at the Dragon Moon sim
The artist where: Astrin Few, Flaming Moe, Jamba Pinkney, Opus Bridge,
Singer Tyne w/CDSpinner Tyne, U2 in SL, Wayfinder Wishbringer

Vicki Nilsson joins SL
Evilynda Baphomet joins SL

October 2005
Kim Seifert joins SL
Kaklick Martin joins SL
Sitearm Madonna joins SL

November 2005
Kaklick Martin debut on SL at Castle in Baker
Slim Warrior Joins SL
Juel Resistance joins SL

December 2005
SL reaches 100.000 residents.

The release of SL version 1.8 includes Point-to-point teleportation,
before that you could only teleport to a telehub

The Virtual Garage venue opened at Burnet.

Steve Dockery ( Stevos Music Store ) joins SL
Takamura Keiko joins SL
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January 2006
The first live music event in Dublin called,
“The Blarney Stone Cyberland Music Fest”.
Alyssa Suavage, Flaming Moe, Astrin Few and Frogg Marlowe
performed at that festival

Techno band “robots.txt” debuts a live stage show “LunaCast”
this show involves a 4-hour set of electronica combining sound,
spoken word recordings, and synthesizers

Foxyflwr Cure joins SL
Cylindrian Rutabaga joins SL
Mel Cheeky joins SL
Tommy Cult joins SL
Neil Morrison joins SL
Russel Eponym

Februari 2006
Grand Opening of Meta-Verse Records founded by Erik Pasternak,
Meta-verse Records is the first virtual record company
Musicians that played at the openining at Open Arena in Kahuna Isles :
YawnMower ( Maggie Thatcher and David Fackler), Derek Tones, Foxtflwr Cure
and Paradise Popinjay who debuted on SL as a performer during this event

Cylindrian Rutabaga debuts on SL at Amphibious lounge with Mel Cheeky,
Neil Morrison, and Frogg Marlowe

Dimivan Ludwig joins SL
Kat Vargas joins SL
Grace McDunnough joins SL

March 2006
Linden adds a Live Music section to the Events List.

Muse Isle opening owned by Mike Prevost and Jeb Spicoli

DJ Elfay Pinkdot starts jazz show at The Oasis Club
called “Coffee & Pajamas”

Spin Martin buys MultiVerse Records.

American public radio show Radio Open Source will be broadcasting simultaneously
ia real-world airwaves and through Second Life’s digital domain in a special event
at the virtual headquarters of the Electric Sheep Company.
The episode will feature dialog between Chris Lydon and his guests on issues
related to virtual worlds, focusing on our own personal favorite, Second Life.

Dubledown Tandino joins SL
Charles Coleman joins SL

April 2006
Second Life reaches 200,000 residents

Dublin hosted the “Dublin Rocks Grand Opening” with SL live musicians
Paradise Popinijay, Nez Sleeper, Mel Cheeky, Russell Eponym, Pitney Doowangle,
Jeff Tully, Cylindrian Rutabaga, Flaming Moe, Foxyflwr Cure, Kourosh Eusebio,
Juel Resistance, Frogg Marlowe, and U2inSL.

This was also the debut of Juel Resistance on SL

Menorca opens with the following musicians :
Foxyflwr Cure, Dimi Van Ludwig, Flaming Moe, Paradise Popinjay,
Cylindrian Rutabaga, Melvin Took, Slim Warrior, Kaklick Martin, Chaos Cookie
The Grand Opening of Menorca was the first in SL to be sponsored by
an outside concert (City Stages) and endorsed by Coca Cola.

Shelley Poole ( Alishas Attic) becomes the first artist to advertise
her new single in Second Life.

Ritch Desoto joins SL
creola Deledda joins SL

May 2006
The Celtic Lights Music Fest was held with Kazoo Twang, Wayfinder Wishbringer,
and Keltish Band

Alazarin Mondrian debut in Menorca.
Kourosh Eusebio debut

Radio One Big weekend Live from Dundee is streamed into SL and the SL Teen grid.
Slim Warrior closes concert, streaming Live back up to Dundee.

20th Centruy Fox X-Men 3 premieres in SL.
Slim Warrior is artist selected to perform.

Regina Spektor previews her album in The Loft in SL

RoseDrop Rust joins SL
jaynine Scarborough joins SL

June 2006
Dublin hosted the first of its new weekly series, “Live Music Showcase”,
with Paradise Popinjay and Chelle Fish.

RL artist Chamillionaire and Hinder performs live gigs on SL at Soundscape,
this is organised by Universal Motown Records and Universal Republic Records

Silas Scarborough’s video debut on SL at Sunset Pavilion

SL Divas is held in Menorca. All the female solo artists at that time in SL.
Slim Warrior, Singer Tyne, Mel Cheeky, Foxyflwr Cure,
Cylindian Rutabega, Juel Resistance

Takamura Keiko debuts at The Blarney Stone

Ticious Trottier joins SL
Niko Donburi joins SL
Distilled1 Rush joins SL
Red Xu joins SL

July 2006
The first simulcast from the Blarney Stone Irish Pub in SL to the
Bedford Music Pub in London RL with Frogg Marlowe.

Cabaret Voltaire joins SL

August 2006
RL artist Suzanne Vega performs live gig on SL

World’s first virtual disability nightclub opens
With live dj Cher Harrington and musican Kazoo Twang
The event is sponsored by Angelic Weddings, who organises virtual weddings in
secondlife. The venture is a part of Enable Enterprises,
a disability consultancy company owned by Simon Stevens,
who won Community Category of Enterprising Young Brit in 2004.

Mimi Carpenter joins SL

September 2006
Creative Common enters SL with concert at Menorca along with Popsci magazine.
Jonathan Coulton, Melvin Took, Slim Warrior, Etherian Kamaboko,
Jaycatt Nico and Cylindrian Rutabaga perform.

Ritch Desoto debut at Podcast Island at the Out of Order deck
Podcast Island opened that night and Ritch was the first artist playing there,
That night he debuted the single “Avatar Girl”,
as well as the songs “It’s All Good” and “I Used to Sleep.

Slim Warrior and Frogg Marlowe in Rollingstone Magazine

Mimi Carpenter debut on SL

Maximillion Kleene joins SL
Dewran Wopat joins SL
Nancy Lei joins SL
NANCE Brody joins SL

October 2006
SL reaches one million residents.

The Hedrons do a live 30-minute set to promote their album, One More Won’t Kill Us,
which drops the same day.The SL show will take place at a new venue
called the Hedro Dome

Metajams was held in Menorca. featuring:
Melvin Took, Ricardo Sprocket, Komuso Tokugawa, Cylindrian Rutabaga,
Jaycatt Nico, Frogg Marlowe, Slim Warrior.

Kaklick Martin organises a 11 Hour marathon concert for the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk campaign,
artists that performed : Rich Desoto, Snow Gretzky, Rosedrop Rust, Nico Donburi,
Weiss Plessis, Silas Scarborough, Chronic Skronski, Komuso Tokagawa,
Ka-Klick Martin, Juel Resistence, Johnny99 Gumshoe.
Together they raised over $ 600 USD for the Alzheimers Association.

Nad Gough debuts

Ray Weyland joins SL
Zak Claxton joins SL
Ictus Belford joins SL

November 2006
Frogg Marlow on MTV

Kim Seifert’s debut at The Lily Pad

Deathline debut on SL, London based Punk Rock band started by Kei Mars

UK artists began streaming each week live from the London Bedford Music Pub
to the Blarney Stone

Djai Skjellerup joins SL
Bree Birke joins SL
Didier Soyuz joins SL
Avomatsur Rustamova joins SL

December 2006
SL reaches two million residents.

Doubledown Tandino produced the first Rave on SL ( 18+ hours )
prior to that DJ events never went longer than 2-4 hours,
and DJ clubs were in operation 8 hours a day max.

Komuso Tokugawa produces first Major Multi artist ticketed
The first SL Blues N’Roots festival
Featuring a selection of SL’s top Blues N’Roots musicians
performing special event sets and real time “MetaJam” collaborations.

Komuso Tokugawa – Slide/Harp BoogieBluesNoise
Charles Bristol Blues Project – Funky Piedmont
BluesNance Brody – BluesRoots Acoustic Guitar/vocals
Ricardo Sprocket- Piano Blues/Vocals

Performed in a custom designed club, 1000L/ticket sold out in 2 days
to private group : http://www.sonicviz.com/music/members/6/video.php?p=4

The first Huge multi sim concert by an outside band was LongRange
They had 12 sims and live feed in from their performance at Cargo in London

Maximillion Kleene debuts at The Hummingbird Cafe
Redzone debut in SL as guests of Alazarin Mondrian
Grace McDunnough debuts
Didier Soyuz debuts

Lynsey Fleury joins SL
BlueTom Haller joins SL
Mambo Welles joins SL
Al Hofmann joins sl
Throughthesewalls Moody joins SL
Tpenta Vanalten joins SL
Paisley Beebe joins SL
Jojamela Soon joins SL
Carmen Roeth joins SL
JeanChristophe Chevalier joins SL
Quinton Whitman joins SL

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Januari 2007
RL band Di-Rect performs Live gig in SL witch is broadcasted on dutch Tv station : TMF

Second Life music reaches UK National TV.
Channel 4 popular daytime programme Richard and Judy.
features Slim Warrior, Justin Bovington ( Rivers Run Red) and Tim Guest

Sky News films a 2 part feature in Second life in Menorca.
Alex Horne sl’s first celebrity Comedian comes in to do a show.
Slim Warrior and Melvin Took perform.

Doubledown Tandino produced the first SL into RL mixed reality show,
DJ Elfay Pinkdot’s jazz show “Coffee & Pajamas” at The Oasis Club
was streamed out & into a RL venue

Fable Sinatra joins SL
Torben Asp joins SL

Februari 2007
RL DJ Ferry Corsten and Jesse Houk performing a gig to open Club Glam Scum

RL band Redzone tours on SL.
Tour dates: Feb. 9th 14:30 PST – Mystery Megacorp, Sprawler,
Feb. 10th 18:00PST – The Old Playground, Suffugium,
Feb. 13th 16:00 PST – The Spires (Rooftop), Saijo City,
Feb. 14th 16:00 PST – Black Sun, Gibson

Virtual Holland Opens: Slim Warrior, Carmen Roeth, Brad Monnett perform

The Wiredaisies ( Transistor Label.. EMI) make their debut in Menorca

Juel Resistance, Cylindrian Rutabaga, Etherian Kamaboko, Charles Coleman
and Charles Bristol played live at a coffee house in Raleigh, NC
and streamed this into SL

Fable Sinatra debuts

Jean Munro joins SL
Hugh Dench joins SL
Gretchen Capalini joins SL

March 2007
Virtual Live Band debut
BlueTom Haller, HammerOn Devinna and Roland Calhern.
HammerOn left the band after some weeks. Ictus Belford joined on Bass
Foxyflwr Cure vocals, Vicki Nilsson drums. And Mambo Welles followed Ictus on bass

Indie band Passenger make their debut in Menorca.

Rocky Shores officially opened

Relay for Life concert raised L$ 80.000 artists played :
Grace McDunnough, Montrealer Moody, and Montian Gulrith

RatePoint Inc. Launches it’s SL activities with an online concert by Flaming Moe.

Mike00 Carnell joins SL
Jax Streeter joins SL

April 2007
Opening Sailor’s Cove with Gideon Kappler

The Vibe HQ Opens

Zak Claxton debut at Club Coyote, first song he played on SL :
“Heart of Gold” by Neil Young

Doubledown Tandino created the first song remix contest on the grid for SL musicians,
producers, and DJs.

Soundcircel Flanagan joins SL
Jura Shepherd joins SL
Satyra Singh joins SL
Blues Heron joins SL
Lyn Carlberg joins SL
Damaris Whitfield of This Device joins SL

May 2007
Blues Heron debuts.

Scorched Earth Festival in The Wastelands
Featuring: Redzone, DJ Gomi Mfume,
SL Debuts from: Bela EmersonParanoid Foundation,
Also features Redzone’s ‘[digital flesh]‘ movie

Zaphod Theas joins SL
Snare Whitfield of This Device joins SL

June 2007
SecondFest June 07
a 3 day music festival sponsored by the guardian news paper (uk) and Intel.
Featured both live and not live sets from some big RL acts including the Pet shop boys
and had a stage just for SL acts which included Slim Warrior, StrangeFates,
Doubledown Tandino, Dj Jenns, Clayton, Wire Diasies, Moshang Zhao,
VLB & Tony Moore.
just to mention here, the SL stage was packed the whole time,
i myself wasnt able to tp in to get on stage becase the region was full
so was late for the start of the strangefates set, lol.
It was a great weekend and a real boost at the time to SL music.
eyewall Paine joins SL

Norris Shepherd joins SL

July 2007
Opening Club Dmusic and Swank Lounge with Chronic Skronski

Von Johin joins SL
XanderNichting Writer joins SL
Micki Underwood joins SL

August 2007
Second Life Communtiy Convention in Chicago

SELECTED BANDS:
1. Keltish (SL contact: Fenix Harbinger)
2. Cylindrian Rutabaga / Frogg Marlowe / Jaycatt Nico / Flaming Moe / Liam Roark
3. Louis Volare / Heath Vercher / Kurt Bestor / Kori Travanti
4. Deathline (SL contact: Kei Mars)

HOUSE BAND:
1. Lyndon Heart – guitar and vocals
2. Patrick LaSalle – bass guitar and vocals
3. Kyle Beltan – drummer and pianist

SOLOISTS:
Ankari Holder
Jaynine Scarborough
Kaklick Martin
Niko Donburi
Shiger Seattle

Additionally, Kourosh Eusebio has been selected to perform instrumental music
for Friday night. Slim Warrior has been selected to represent live music
at the Masquerade Ball, as a part of the electronica showcase.

Niko Donburi releases “Tales from the Grid” CD at SLCC2007 in Chicago.
The CD is a collection of songs about Second Life

SL Woodstock was held a multi-day music festival from
featuring at least 15 different artists on four different sims
(Edloe, Pitt, Nowhereville and Los Arboles)
A few artists that played : Rich DeSoto, Grace McDunnough,
Sebastian Jacks and Lyndon Heart

Lyn Carlberg debuts

Robert69 Little joins SL

September 2007
SLMC started with the launch of the SLMC forum by Slim Warrior

This Device’s first SL show, at a Pagan Festival on a Wiccan sim

Joaquin Gustav joins SL
Bratt Lunasea joins SL

October 2007
Orange ( mobile telecommunications) enters SL.
French band Clint make their debut Live from France.
Doubledown Tandino, Slim Warrior also perform at Grand Opening.

RL company Electrolux hands out Electrolux Innovision Awards to :
Doubledown Tandino – DJ extraordinaire
other winners where :
Shep Korvin – creator of the original Lucky Chair.
MSo Lambert – creator of the Subscribe-o-Matic group information distribution tool
FlipperPA Peregrine – creator of the SLTrivia.com system
Francis Chung – creator of the open-source Franimation AO system
Jorgen Friis – Created the Interactive Wall for Electrolux Innovision
Keiki Lemieux – creator of the HUDDLES animation HUD
Flea Bussy – The man who runs Grendel’s Children
Sasun Steinbeck – Made a “only in Second Life” prim sculpture that changes
and morphs shape as avatars touch it

Universal Music Group and the RL Pangaea music label opened up Pangaea Island
with a Herbie Hancock remix contest.

Gretchen Capaline starts G-Spot Entertainment

Tommy Cult debuts on SL

Fyrm Fouroux joins SL

November 2007
SL Live Radio starts broadcasting with 30 artists

Robie Bloch joins SL
EvaMoon Ember joins SL
Micki Underwood joins SL

December 2007
Evamoon Ember debuts at Media Culture
Indiespectrum Radio starts broadcasting

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Januari 2008
MTV’s True Life recorded Keiko Takamura live performance
for their “I Live another life on the web” episode at Sailor’s Cove

Slim is interviewd by Radio 5 ( Sue Marchant) about Second Life

Sound on Sound Publication ‘Performing Musicians’ features SL musicians
Slim Warrior, Redzone and Dj Jenns

MichelleD Ecksol joins SL

Februari 2008
Kim Seifert wins the finale of the Best of SL LIVE contest.

Fyrm Fouroux debuts the song On Sailors Cove,
a song about the venue Sailor’s Cove

Inchino Melson joins SL.
Erin68 Frog joins SL

March 2008
Release of Get it Together part 1, artists appeat on the finished song
Djai Skellerup, Toby Lancaster, Jean Munro, Rich Desoto, Lyn Carlberg,
Mimi Carpenter, Freestar Tammas, Kim Seifert, Zak Claxton
Norris Shepherd, BabbleGrabble Swindlehurst, The Professor, Jambalaya Fonck

Fyrm Fouroux debtus the song Vibrant at the Vibe, a song about The Vibe HQ

Phoe Nix joins SL

April 2008
Dublin premiered Let’s Talk Music,
a real world television chat show simulcast into SL,
with Tony Moore hosting each week a panel of music professionals
before a public audience on music-related topics

Bitstream Boogie Blues
Filmed before a live audience in a custom designed 1930’s Mississippi Juke Joint,
Komuso Tokugawa and Hathead Rickenbacker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVHoNhiowVA
Since then expanded to a 3 piece with Noma Falta

Reuters publishes article about Slim Warrior in SL

Takamura Keiko appears on MTV’s True Life

Kiaranne Flanagan debuts

May 2008
The French Quarter opens with a ticketed event by Komuso Tokugawa and Von Johin,
also using ninjam, They sold out in just over a day after going on sale to keep
the sim performance reasonable for the audience.
Setlist was :
Von Johin solo,
Komuso solo (with 1924 martin acoustic, 1934 National Steel, and electric),
then Komuso on Harp with Von Johin followed by
Von on Bass with Komuso’s electric set.

Phoe Nix debuts at The Vibe HQ

June 2008
SL fifth birthday including a large festival

Real Life/ Second Life band SpaceJunky is hosting a remix contest
for their song Gravitational Pull.

Redzone release ‘Abstract Revolution’ album with an SL show in White Sun, Gibson

July 2008
Frogg Marlowe and Jaycatt Nico did their 3 year anniversary show at the Lily Pad Lounge.

Gibson Island opens
The island was launched with an exclusive live music performance by Bob Welch
Bob Welch’s avatar, “Bob Welch Magic,” also appeared on-stage along with
musicians Cypress Rosewood and Von Johin.

August 2008
Von Johin is the first avatar that gets a world wide recording contract,
Von signed with Reality Entertainment

Astrin Few and Evamoon Ember did a two-hour show together at San Diego

September 2008
Mankind Tracer performs : Peace, Love and Belief II.
He streamed his show live to 30 sims

Debut Norris Shepherd

October 2008
First Redzone show featuring MIDI-SL synchronisation technology

November 2008
SL Live radio first year anniverary with
Norris Shepherd, Soundcircel Flanagan, Cylindrian Rutabaga, BabbleGrabble Swindlehurst,
Professor Beliveau, Zaphod Theas, Djai Skellerup, Charles Coleman, Pillowfish,
Srv4u Conacher, Nad Gough, Mimi Carpenter, Tone Uriza, Blindboy Gumbo, Al Hofmann,
Ictus Belford, UFS Hyde, Maximillion Kleene, Rich Desoto, PickerJohn Haystack,
Kaklick Martin, Pakito Crimson and Neil Morrison

Niko Donburi performs largest live music event held in SL
with his performance streamed on parcels spread across more than 400 sims

December 2008
Release of Get it Together part 2 : Christmas all year Through
The list of artists who appear on finished song is:
BabbleGrabble Swindlehurst, Carah Nitely, Djai Skjellerup, Franz Paine, Jean Munro,
Kaklick Martin, Kiaranne Flanagan, Krell Karu, Lonnie Nightfire, Lyn Carlberg, Mambo Welles,
Mimi Carpenter, OhMy Kidd, The Professor, Rich Desoto, Saraine Sands
Slim Warrior, Tommy Cult, Toby Lancaster, Tpenta Vanalten, Vicki Nilsson, Zak Claxton.

Redzone release ‘White Sun’ DVD with an SL show in White Sun, Gibson

~ by homelessmartian on January 11, 2009.