Second Life of My Dreams

I caught the opening of the Trax Live Music Resource Center today. Trax is operated by Bones Writer and Tangle Giano who created this innovative place to support musicians, venues and to help the live music industry in Second Life thrive. There is a main stage area where this evening where some of the greats of Sl performed to celebrate the opening including Ayden Kruh, Grace McDunnough, Noma Falta, Srv4u Conacher, Freestar Tamas, Bones Writer and others. There will be shows here and one intent is to encourage musicians streaming together from different locations using NinJam.

Trax has videos that demonstrate how to use the most popular live jam and streaming software packages. So if you ever wanted to learn how to use Sam, WinAmp, NinJam or Reaper now is your chance! I did not spend any effort to learn how the tools work because even my kids ask me not to sing to them, but if you are interested these videos seem to be a great resource.



There are posters and LMs to many of SLs most popular venues. If you are looking to find new and interesting music you can got to Trax and click on any of the 35 venue posters for a LM. If you are a musician and you need help managing your booking you can find an agent. There is an incredible amount of information about just about any aspect of the live music business that you can think of at Trax.




Musicians who don't have their own land can test their stream at Trak. Perhaps one of the most interesting services offered is the opportunity for people to create and sell CDs in SL. These are tools that many musicians may not have at their disposal so Trax is providing a service that will hopefully help musicians and venues to make a steady income in SL.


Finally there are listening stations where musicians can post music for people to listen to and advertise upcoming gigs. You can see Lyn Carlberg has taken advantage of this resource.


I think Trax has great potential. I look forward to seeing where Bones Writer and Tangle Giano take this interesting concept.