Welcome to the Djai Skjellerup website.
Hi and thanks for dropping by. It could well be that you have heard of me because I write songs and play them live in the virtual reality world at www.secondlife.com . If that is the case then its good to see you! Have a look around the site here and if there is anything you wish was here but isn't then let me know. The best part of writing and performing songs is meeting people who enjoy what I do and chatting with them about music. Always feel free to contact me in world for anything.
If you have just stumbled here by accident then let me explain what I do. I am an avatar that operates in the virtual reality world of Second Life (SL for short). Behind me there is a real life person of course who does all the songwriting, singing and playing! You can hear what I do by visiting SL (or by just using internet explorer if you prefer not to use SL - see below) where I play live 2 or 3 times a week. I am not the only one either. There are many really great musicians and songwriters who you can hear live in your own home. Imagine discovering new music this way and then being able to chat with the creator after the show!
I try my very best to write great songs, the sort of songs that stick with you. Whether I succeed or not is up to the listener but I have great fun doing what I do and I'd be happy for you to come by one of my shows some time. You'll find my gig calendar on another tab of this website. Bear in mind that the calendar works on SL time which is the same as San Francisco time (i.e. GMT + 8 hours) so you'll need to do a little time adjustment to get the times in my calendar in your local time.
It may be that you are not into creating an avatar in SL and all that goes with it. If that is the case but you still want to listen to my live shows then simply enter this URL into your browser or WinAmp at the time I am playing and you'll be able to hear me anyway http://38.96.148.45:8862 . My email address is at the bottom of this page. Drop me an email after the show if you enjoyed it. Don't bother if you didn't lol!
Now it is 2009 I am going to make a push to get my debut album finished and soon that will be on sale both in world and through other online vendors. It's entitled "Ice Age Diaries" so keep an eye out for it later this year. There are a few samples of tracks on this website that will feature on my album.
I have some other earlier tracks that you can hear at my myspace page http://www.myspace.com/djaiskjellerup1
Also I have a prescence here at http://www.thesixtyone.com/DjaiSkjellerup/ where a cool system of bumping the music you like ensure that artists can rise up a playlist of all the music on the site. If you like my songs please go the The Sixty One and bump my songs!
So thanks for dropping by and if there is anything you would like to know about my music or maybe you would be interested in booking me then please contact me either in Second Life or by using this email address which you should easily be able determine from the long hand: djaiskjellerup at googlemail.com
Enjoy the rest of the site!