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Higher Ground Music Magazine caught up with the one and only Skye Galaxy and he was kind enough to allow us to conduct an interview.
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* SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY
** I realize this is Second Life; however, HGMM is a RL blog. We promote RL musicians who play RL and those who stream into SL. We are seeking individuals who will take this job seriously. That means showing up for your shift. We are also seeking responsible individuals who will love HGMM as much as we do and will keep it's lands free from drama.
For whatever reason some folks exist simply to cause drama or trouble for others. We do not want this at HGMM. We want all of our guests and residents to feel safe and have a fun, peaceful experience.
HGMM hosts events on various locations throughout the property, whether up in the main venue or down on one of the beach areas; we want everyone to have fun. From time to time you may get griefers, or someone who's been banned attempting to re-enter simply to make trouble.
So what are we looking for in security personnel?
1. You need to have experience in SL. You need to know your way around the various viewers and how to use the "About Land" tab. You need to know how to send notices. In short, you need to be at least 2 years old and have done some working in SL and know the ins and outs.
2. Knowledge of the Sim Panel - What it does and what can be done with it.
3. We are looking for people from both the US and the UK so all shifts can be covered.
4. Griefer Handling - Can you deal with annoying griefers? Sounds, particles, objects, ect?
5. Level-Headed - Someone who can keep their cool in stressful situations and handle them like an adult, not someone on a power trip.
We do require references. These need to be from people who will vouch for your character. If you have worked security in SL before we want to speak with your former or current employer. We WILL do a thorough check since you must be given certain permissions in order to do your job.
The pay is L$25 an hour plus a bonus of L$50 linden for every 5 hours. Payday is on Fridays.
A uniform will be purchased for you (We will need to know your avie size).
We realize this will at most times be a boring job; and we hope it is. We hope things run smoothly all the time. That means you are doing your job. The land is a beautiful scenic beach with 2 sections and plenty to check out so while at work we encourage you to enjoy yourself while being vigilant. There is a also a main venue located at 3,000 meters and employee residences to keep safe as well.
One of the perks of this job is that you get a free place to live. A platform or skybox will be rezzed for you with prim allotment
If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, we'd love to hear from you. Drop a notecard to Dreams Riler to receive an application.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Dreams Riler
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Higher Ground Music Magazinehttp://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vectra/187/41/3192
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Da Bluez Preacher aka Ray Confer is a live musician who has been playing in SL since 2006. He blends a setlist of blues, funk, gospel and rock, using a technique called live looping where he creates the song on the fly. His shows are family-friendly and very high energy, always interacting with the audience. His motto is no black, no white, just bluez!
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Dexter Lee Moore is a singer, song writer, performer, engineer, arranger, producer, multi-instrumentalist, conceptualist, and singed to Fervor Records USA in 2017. He has been dubbed "The Funckalicious One" by his endearing fans.
"Amazing Virtuosity" - London Times
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position filled 🙂
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Higher Ground Music Magazine is seeking two positions:
1. Assistant/manager for the HGMM in world venue. Duties include putting together open mic nights and over seeing the operation of those events, assisting with hosting and notices during regular HGMM shows and basic assistant type duties. This is a paid position depending on experience.
2. Music Journalist. This position would venture around SL seeking talented SL musicians to interview and write articles about for the HGMM blog as well as major musical events. I.E. Relay for Life and anything that promotes live music in SL. We seek out only the best.
If you are interested in either of these positions please get in touch with Dreams Riler in world. For both positions you must be at least 2 SL years old with experience in sending notices. You must be people friendly. In both cases you represent HGMM and must dress appropriately around the grid.
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That is an interesting resume as you say 🙂 I have been seeking someone who's been in SL for at least 2 years. I am seeking two different employees. I have a blog at https://highergroundmusicmagazine.blogspot.com/ and am looking for someone to go around an interview and write articles about live performers in SL as well as major events etc. The other is as an assistant/manager to my own venue to in-cooperate and run an open mic night as well as some other duties such as notice sending etc. Basic assistant stuff. If you are interested in either of these positions please get in touch with me in world. Thanks!
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Kris Angelis is a beautifully talented singer/song writer who grew up on a farm in Florida. Awarded Best Female Album of 2013 by the LA Music Critics Awards for "The Left Atrium"
Kris is a success in her own right having the video for her song "Not Your Fault" exclusively premiered on RyanSeacrest.com. Her musical presence is widespread. All you have to do is Google her name and you are showered with a plethora of photos and information about shows and releases. In 2019 Kris completed a tour of all 50 states. She has won several competitions that have put her on the billboards in Chicago and New York City.
Read the rest of the article here.
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While the covid19 has the majority of the WORLD stuck at home, musicians from all over are doing more LIVE Facebook shows to lift our spirits. Among the SL performers I've seen go live this past week alone are TerryLynn Melody, Wolfie Moonshadow, Beth Odets, Ren Enberg, David Csiszer, and Eric Steffensen. I'm sure there are others that I haven't seen. I give all of these lovely musicians and performers a standing ovation. These are tough times and we are far from over this, doing live shows like this help keep moral up.
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19 hours ago, Laylah Yaseotoko said:
I am glad I don't have renters on my sim. It would suck if I had to evict them. The company I worked for is not going to survive the mandatory shutdown of non essential businesses in my area and I am no longer getting paid. Sadly my sim is one of those luxury things that I will have to get rid off or find someone to rent half of it until I get a new job, have to offset my own costs. I would have loved for a Tier reduction for everyone but alas, we are never quite that lucky. I can pay, just not that much right now 🙂
My neighbor in SL messaged me the other day about renting his land as he is having to downsize right now. Of course I had to decline as I've just closed my own business temporarily. Not sure how long I can hold onto to my own land. Might have to pick everything up and start again when this over.
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BIIIIIIIG NEWS!!
Veteran Second Life "Rock Star" Seth Regan a.k.a. Mankind Tracer is planning a return to his Second Life shows... and in a big way! On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 2PM SLT, Seth is planning a big 4 sim live concert event backed by Linden Lab.
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I started a conversation here.
Instead of posting an interview this week, I wanted to further discuss the impacts of Covid19 on the SL community, particularly, the live music.
Read that article here and join in on the conversation.
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I agree. I thought I had heard where some schools do plan to go online. I know some schools are already thinking it's done for the year 😞 Kids see it as a vacation but they don't understand how behind it will make them. Good luck with your land. I'm going to hold onto to mine as long as I can but in the big scope of things... I'm not making money from it so... if it has to go for now, it will have to go.
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1 hour ago, Chic Aeon said:
I only rent now, no tier payments. This morning I checked my plots (four in all) and paid them up for the next three weeks or so. This mostly iin case I get very sick. My rent is low on all the plots so it isn't really a big deal for me. I am under self-quarantine and suspect I will be fine.
As far as I can see, the real world out there (and likely our virtual ones too) will be in turmoil for many months to come. This isn't a short term thing, more like a watershed event in most of our lives. We will rebuild our real lives when we can -- we will hopefully rebuild our virtual ones too.
My town (Oregon - USA) went into public closure yesterday. Some stores, bars and restaurants are still open but I suspect that they will be mandated closures on those soon as that is starting elsewhere. Since I had been reading Ryan's blog (Vanity Fair here) my friends and I are all very prepared. I am thankful for that.
Welcome to the New Normal.
It's a surreal experience for sure. Life is going to be very different for a long time. As you said, when it's all said and done; we will rebuild our lives. Been thinking about that where my daycare is concerned. If I end up having to close and in that time parents find some other means that just works out for them; I will just start again.
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Exactly. Same.
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Hi all, normally at Higher Ground Music Magazine, I focus on interviews with musicians/venue owners etc. I plan on speaking to some venue owners and musicians about this as well, but I wanted to find out in general how everyone is feeling and what you believe the outlook is given the coronavirus crisis.
Some countries are already on total lockdown, and it's looking more and more every day like that could happen in the US. I'm curious. When it comes to priorities, how are you dealing with land tier? I pay about $100 a month I guess in tier and then there's $100 a month for musicians as I only have shows once a month. That's roughly $200 a month give or take not including my premium membership and anything I purchase in SL. I don't know about you, but I have to seriously consider that it's possible I may have to give up my land until the crisis is over. If I am forced to shut down my daycare business in RL there won't be any income and certainly nothing extra to spend on a virtual world.
So, I'm curious... in places where lockdown has already occurred. Have you given up your in world land? If it happens where you live, are you prepared to give up your in world land? Will land owners be kind and allow us to keep our land and pay when things get better? Will LL let land owners keep their land free of charge until money is flowing again? These are all things I am very curious about. What say you?
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AMForte is a staple in SL music. If you have been in SL for any length of time you have likely heard her name, seen in the events listings or even luckier, been to one of her shows. She is witty, extremely cooperative with venue owners. She will work hard to promote the venue and it's agenda as much as she does her own. I haven't met a venue owner yet who hasn't loved working with her.
After getting back into SL she was one of the first musicians I decided to book and schedule on a monthly basis. She's been around SL for awhile so I wanted to bring her to you so that her fans could get to know a little bit more about this beautiful person inside and out.
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This group contacted me via my Facebook page. I looked around their sites and listened to their music and decided to write up an article to share them with all of you...
You can read the entire entire article here.
HGMM: Tell us about the name "Peace Theory". What is the origin of the name? Is this the band's first name or has it gone through changes?
RON PALOS (bassist and vocalist): The original name of the project (when it started as an acoustic duo!) was Palos Pescados, a play on the last name my brother and I have. When we found our current drummer, we changed the name to Terra Nullius, which means “Land of No One” in Latin. After discovering a European band on YouTube with the same name, we changed it to Peace Theory! The names were roughly inspired by the readings I did in my Humanitarian classes in college as well as the concept of “circular healing” as it applied to social/community issues.
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Before I can talk about the grand opening of the HGMM venue, I need to tell you a bit about why I opened it in the first place.
I've been writing articles in this blog since 2009. Life got busy and so I took a break from both for about 5 years. That's a good long break. Once everything was settled and life was finally where I wanted it to be, I came back to SL and to writing.
My time away taught me that the only thing keeping me from succeeding; is me. I may have to jump through hoops and learn something new, but if I hear a "no", I just keep going until I get a "yes".
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I was attending a live stream of AcousticEnergy Nitely and AMForte and was about to leave when someone I hadn't heard of before went live. Her name was Rosemary Rita. I was completely stunned at her strong, amazing, beautiful voice. So, I stayed. I'm glad I did! I knew right away I had to interview her! How come I hadn't heard of her before? She didn't have the following that AE and AM do, but I've concluded the only reason for this is because she's not been heard. I quickly opened my IM and sent her a message asking for an interview. I had to know her story.
Read the article in it's entirety here
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HGMM:I have known you for a long time! I remember hosting for you in SL with Throughthesewalls Moody. A fan favorite at the time was “Baby”, although I seem to remember that wasn't the “official” name of the song then. So much has changed for you over the years. Speaking to you recently, you mentioned that you are phasing out of the SL music scene. I am sure there will be many disappointed fans in SL, however; all is not lost
You have taken your musical career to a new level in your RL playing with a band called The Juniper Hills Band. Please tell my readers what prompted this change? Why leave SL and how did this band come to be?
DAVID: I have always had the idea in my head that I would do some solo gigs in RL. I have done some here and there and some open mics in town but never did it regularly. I didn’t have any intention of playing in a band. I always thought I would just be playing as a solo artist. I have had a few people ask me to join their band, but I was afraid to commit to too much. I thought it would be difficult to balance virtual gigs and a band...
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Have you read the blog? What are you waiting for? https://highergroundmusicmagazine.blogspot.com/ Higher Ground Music Magazine now has a venue in SL! Come join us for the grand opening beginning at 5pm with AcousticEnergy Nitely followed by AMForte at 6pm and to wrap it all up we have Rosemary Rita at 7pm. These are some of the best performers in SL so you don't want to miss out! Come join us for what is sure to be an exciting night full of amazing music!
We are honored and welcome ACOUSTIC ENERGY to our GRAND OPENING! ACOUSTIC ENERGY breathes life into original ballads and pop songs that inspire intimacy. His blend of comedic and poetic entertainment leaves you with memorable moments and an uplifted heart.. AE's "cafe style" performances and flirtatious soul leave you relaxed yet entertained as he covers songs from Eric Clapton to Norah Jones; Gun’s N Roses to John Mayer as well as ORIGINALS that will leave you BREATHLESS!!
AMFORTE’s work is also sure to strike a chord with listeners because she has the unique talent of relaying deeply personal experiences in a somewhat abstract sense. By doing this you identify with her and learn about her through your own similar personal experiences. This creates a unique bond between the musician and listener, which, in some ways, transcends the spoken word. This is the magic of music. This is AMFORTE. With Punk/Rock flairs, this artist doesn't stop there.
Rosemary is a singer and songwriter. She has been playing guitar since her teenage years and started singing before she could talk. She writes original music that has helped her get through a lot of difficult times. She loves learning new songs and puts her own spin on covers she performs. Her music style varies from indie/folk, to pop/punk/R&B. She is starting back up in SL after a 5 year hiatus.
Your ride awaits! http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vectra/187/41/3192
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I had been hoping to attend one of Ms Gypsy's Campfire Sundays ever since she showed me around her beautiful place. My time and schedule just never allowed it, UNTIL recently. I was logged in and happen to see the notice about a one year celebration, so I popped on over. It's going to be difficult for me to come up with just the right words to describe the atmosphere (and being without words is generally not a problem for me), so bear with me as I try.
Click here for the full article
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HGMM: Evan, I first interviewed you in April of 2013. Tell us, what's been the biggest change in your life since then?
EVAN: Wow, 7 years! A lot has changed. I think my vocal style has changed the more I hear and am influenced by different types of music. I have 3 singles out on all major streaming platforms, I have a great job that I love. So much has happened!
HGMM: When interviewing your dad (James Olmos) I believe he mentioned that you don't play in SL so much anymore. Do you plan on streaming in SL anytime in the near future? Do you play anywhere in RL at this time?
Visit https://highergroundmusicmagazine.blogspot.com/ to read the full article!
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You have taken your musical career to a new level in your RL playing with a band called The Juniper Hills Band. Please tell my readers what prompted this change? Why leave SL and how did this band come to be?
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Fly Kugin is an amazing violinist who streams into Second Life. She will leave you absolutely spell bound and she is one of the most endearing folks I have had the pleasure of knowing. HGMM had the pleasure of interview FLY recently... Here is that interview
You can also read Fly's interview in print form by purchasing the Fall edition of HGMM on Amazon: