Last nights charity show to mark the end of The West Of Ireland Festival went well. Things were looking distinctly dodgy 10 mins before the gig as none of the staff were present and the one name I had who was online was not responding. Audience members started to arrive as I squirmed awkwardly at the impending disaster. Then a helpful soul piped up that they could set the stream on the land for me and one hasty soundcheck later we were away and the parcel looked pretty packed from where I was tinkling. Much fun was had and the hosts turned to be very gracious indeed :) And the best thing was the $L5k or that was raised for Project Children; a charity caring for children affected by the troubles in Northern Ireland. A great night and a great cause.

And so today my thoughts turn towards the official opening of the Music Island venue created by Shadowen Silvera. This place is totally lag free and Shadowen has lined up great string of fine musicians to have a day long party to mark the opening. Expect to see Pa Decosta, Hugh Dench, Fable Sinatra and Kim Seiffert along the way. I am on an 2pm SL time. I know this will be the first of many great occasions at Music Island.

While knocking around SL today I was exploring some of the sims dedicated to their builders nationality. Upon arriving at Wonderful Denmark I was immediately accosted by someone asking me if I was going to sing for them. I think I surprised them by saying yes as their exposure to live music has been limited to only a little karaoke through voice chat. Without anyone there to set the media stream we retired to my listening lounge where I played 30 mins or so to some of Denmarks finest. We chatted about the time I worked in a suburb of Copenhagen called Ballerup and how it had been the inspiration for my choice of surname when I first logged on to SL. We had some fun and they said they would be talking to owner of Denmark about getting me to play there. I hope that comes together :)

 

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