Live Performances

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Live Performance In Second Life

Types of Live Performances

  • Spoken word (poetry, fiction or other reading)
  • Live musical performers (vocalists/instrumentalists with or without "backing tracks")
  • Theatrical performance (plays, dramatic productions)
  • Dance
  • DJ/Scratch
  • Stand-Up Comedy

What Is A Live Performance In Second Life?

A live performance in Second Life is presented by a person who is represented in-world by an avatar, and is creating the performance in real-time, streaming the audio (or audio and video) portions into Second Life as they are being created.

Playing back a previously recorded performance, whether audio, video or Second Life machinima, is generally not considered to be a live performance if there are no live elements performed while the audience is watching the show (although even this definition will likely raise some "discussion" from some corners ;).

Playing a show in Second Life is done by sending a live music stream from your own computer to a Shoutcast (http://www.shoutcast.com) or Icecast (http://www.icecast.org) server, and mapping the server's stream URL to a parcel of land in Second Life. People who visit the parcel in Second Life will hear the live music stream. Musicians are also typically logged into Second Life at the same time as they are performing, so they can chat with the audience between songs and even take requests! There are also many Residents in Second Life who run clubs and venues specifically to host and feature live musicians, so you don't necessarily have to own your own parcel of land to get started.

Where can I go check out a concert?

Log into Second Life, click the "Find" button, and under "Events" select the category "Live Music." Click the Search button and you'll immediately see a list of upcoming Live Music events and venues. Click on one you find interesting, and you can teleport right to it. Be sure you have have the "play streaming music" option turned on in our Audio Preferences (press control-P). When you are on a parcel of land that has streaming music, a small Music Control window will automatically pop up on your screen. Click the play button, and you're listening to music...live!

How do I host a Live Music event?

Land owners in Second Life can stream music to their parcels to be enjoyed by anyone who visits their land. If you own a parcel of land, you can set a "Music URL" specific for your land. This "Music URL" can be MPEG-audio (.mp2, .mp3) and Ogg Vorbis (.ogg) from streaming servers or a basic web server. Anyone visiting your land in Second Life will automatically hear the music you wish to share with them.

Who Is Involved With Second Life Live Performance?



How Did Live Performance In Second Life Start?

... there are probably a lot of views on this one... let's fill this in in a way that tells the story, and where we don't spend a lot of time on "no, actually i was the first", eh ;)

early performers in SL: Professor BlackMountain etc.

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