About Cover Charges....People....and 2 Year Anniv.

Oh my has it really been that long?!
Well....to play the violins it has been something with selling the sim...finding another place...getting things built...again......RL work...(yup...that life!)....and so on and so on.
But today is the day I decided to sit down and talk a bit.

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Since my last post one of the biggest themes in SL live music has been...covercharges...or not!
My opinion is that I would never want to force people to pay for something they might not like and I most certainly would not force people to pay for music that the performer on stage doesnt even have any right to play in public.
I present my own stuff in SL so I have no problems with copyrights whatsoever....to me it's more the "maybe don't like" option....and then they can leave without having lost their lindens.

When I was a kid I learned that even though you do not get a present from the guests at your birthday it doesnt mean that they don't like you. The simple fact that they are there shows that they do care and want to share the day with you. Yes...it also means that they get a free meal..but...they chose to have it at my birthday.

As a liveperformer in SL I ofcourse love being tipped...but...even though you don't get a tip from people it doesn't mean that they don't like you. They are there because they wanted to experience your way of performing in SL and share the hour with you. Yes......it also means that they get a free show...but...they chose to get it at your concert.

God knows there are a lot of concerts in SL to choose from...so be proud of the people that chose your hour.....it being 5....or 45.
They may tip you 5 lindens...or 1000 lindens while they are there...doesnt matter.....with any amount...or just being there...they show their appreciation of what you are doing on stage.

Now they want to filter the people out by charging i. ex. 250 lindens at the door...ah well....I think they will get the same good experience at some other show...on their terms.

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It seems that the eventslistings in SL are never read nor understood by a certain percentage in the SL population.
If we set a eventstart at 1PM slt...then the show starts at 1PM slt....but we often experience people jumping in like 20 mins before that and ask why the show hasn't started yet...how clever is that?..then they tp out and do not return...thank you....wouldn't probably get the style of the show anyway.
Which leads me to "Instrumental Music"!!!....Does that include a singer?...no it does not!...So...if you attend a concert that clearly states in the listing being instrumental you do NOT claim loud in public: "I am turning up my hearingaid cause I can't hear the singer at all"....not wise.....this is instrumental...and you are just being...mental!
Read AND Understand the description of the event before you make a fool out of yourself...pretty please!!

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Saturday Oct. 17th I will celebrate my 2 year anniversary as a performer in SL and will be doing that by performing a 3 hour concert at Ethereal which is my own venue in SL. The concert will start at 12PM slt / 21.00 Eurotime and then we go on untill I have played all the tunes I have composed so approx. a 3 hour affair and you are all invited. If you are not in Second Life you can always grab the streamurl I use from my website: http://www.torbenasp.com/ on the "Next Show" tab and listen through winamp or another player. Actually you can do that with all my shows in SL. If I have the streamurl...it will be posted there.

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That's it for now...Hopefully I will soon get out and do some more reviews of concerts...untill then....be safe!