I made a few exciting new discoveries in the last few days. On Wednesday I went to a concert by guitarist JeanChristophe Chevalier – a brilliant instrumentalist covering a wide variety of styles from classical to blues and Celtic. If you haven’t heard him before, do check out one of his next gigs.
After the concert I had a chat with a very nice and beautiful lady called Anastazia, who manages the SL affairs of composer and multi-instrumentalist Kurt Bestor, aka in SL as Kurt Jano. She invited me to his concert at Vibe HQ (Shaea) the next day, and I am really glad I went. This guy plays a piano that sets the strings in your soul swinging. Other things we heard from him that day were guitar, trumpet, harmonica and flugelhorn. And his voice! Kurt wrote a hilarious song about Second Life called “Poseball Blues” – you gotta hear that. He also wrote a hauntingly beautiful a capella piece (singing in choir with his own pre-recorded voice) called “Prayer of the Children”, also something not to be missed.
Speaking of the flugelhorn … for those who don’t know, this is a brass instrument, somewhat similar to a trumpet, but with a much warmer tone. I love the sound. At Kurt’s concert, the flugelhorn was heard, but not seen, as he didn’t have a prim flugelhorn in SL yet. Well, he has got one now, for I decided to make one for him. (A great help with that was Lex Neva’s excellent free pipe building tool, also a new discovery I made this week, which I cannot recommend highly enough.) Check out whether he’ll play it at his next gig on Thursday!
Another great new discovery is a place called Eloreaven Gardens in the Hokkaido sim, which I predict will soon be an all-time favourite for all fans of romantic surroundings, formal dancing and prim art in SL, as well as the place of choice for weddings. You can walk in the clouds there, dance amidst the stars and galaxies, take a refreshing bath in a grotto full of roses or find lots of beautiful and inviting secluded little spaces. And I’ve only begun to discover it all, so the list is by no means complete. Their grand opening is tonight, Saturday, May 12, at 7pm SLT, unfortunately a bad time of day for this German blog writer, or I definitely would be there. If you have time, don’t miss it!
So … two great new musicians to listen to, a wonderful new place to explore, a very neat building tool, and, above all, a great new friend … exciting week in SL.
