Well, here we are again, this past week saw the end of the old year and the beginning of the new.
In RL the past year has not been a particularly good one, though it had some high spots to hold onto. Like the making of Cailidgh Spires 1st CD , Spare Change. It was a joy to have this talented young musician in our home. There was hard work, but also plenty of laughter, and some tears, evoked by the beauty we were creating. Caili is a dear and treasured friend and we look forward to working with her again on her 2nd CD early in the new year.
Try as I might, I can not really recall much else that was particularly good in RL other than the visits of family and friends , these seem to become less and less frequent as we all struggle to find that ever elusive time slot when we can all be in the same place at the same time.
The only other thing, is the fact that Sunwolf and I made it through living and breathing and only a little worse for wear, that in itself is a blessing. I learned quite a while ago now that this in itself should never be taken for granted, as these are great gifts in themselves.
The negatives in the past year are not worth dwelling on as we can not change the past, only learn from it if we are open to.
Now I turn to the past Year in SL, and that is an altogether different scenario. Here the positives far outweighed any negative incidents.
In this one year, Sunwolf and I have gone from being among the admiring audience on the music scene, to becoming performers too. Sometimes I still marvel at that. We are just as in awe of the amazing talent of so many artists as we ever were, and are thrilled to now be considered a part of it. We are also running our own little venue and are loving it.
You know, I have been singing since I was 2 years old (in RL that is). I used to play keyboards and native flutes too, but a trapped nerve in my neck has made it almost impossible now, as I can't play long enough to practise anything before I loose the feeling in my hands. Still I have harboured a dream of becoming part of an artistic/musical community for may years. SL has enabled my dream to finally come true, and it is every bit as wonderful as I thought it would be. I could never have begun living my dream without my dear RL husband or our many SL friends and our little group of Wolf n Hawk supporters. I thank them all from the bottom of my heart.
And so at last, I get to the past weeks happening here on the music scene. Sunwolf and I both have heavy colds that we seem unable to shift at the moment and this has made the going a bit tough at times. However, we opened our SL pub in it's new location for the first time last Wednesday. Steveeolio opened for us when Ari, who was going to have her debute had to cancell due to ill health.
After Stevee, Sunwolf and I did a set, followed by Ronniemayes. If you haven't heard Ronnie yet ( he has only been playing in SL for about a month ), then do make a note to catch his show. I particularly recamend his originals,( when he slips the odd one in), but also his version of , Only Women Bleed by Alice Cooper, and Joe Cockers ,With a Little Help From My Friends, are brilliant. The latter is particularly so appropriate for second life I think.
It was Guthries 3rd birthday on the 28th Dec, and I was so looking forward to to joining in the celebrations there. It wasn't too be, I spent most of the day in bed feeling awful,and the PC didn't go on except for a couple of hours later in the day, and this was only to make sure we were ready for the venue's show the following day.
Friday was my 1st year Rezz day, and what better way to start celebrating than to play our regular set at Guthries. I must admit, I struggled with my vocals, at times it felt like I had ants running up and down my throat, but we got through with only one or two coughing fits (Sunwolf was only a little better than me), and we can't thank the audience or Dottie enough for their patience. I guess on reflection, we should have cancelled, but neither Sunwolf or I like letting folks down and we both had thought we would have been on the mend by then. In point of fact, at the time of writing this blasted virus is still causing havoc for both of us.
After our set, we stayed at Guthries to catch Moses Rae, I particularly like his original song, Citizen Of Avalon, though his whole set is always very good.
Lazarus Doghouse was up next, another brilliant performer with his own unique style and delivery. We just love his shows.
Quinton Whitman, our dear friend, was the last act we saw before needing to return to RL for practicalities like eating etc. I don't really need to say how great Quinton's show was, because he is consistently great and Friday was no exception.
Two hours later, Sunwolf and I were welcoming Russell's Eponymous family to Ye Olde Wolf n Hawk. We wondered how the sim would hold up as Russells shows are always well attended. We need not have worried, the sim did just fine, and Russell was in great form. He sang 'Happy Rezz Day' for me and I think my avi would have blushed if she could have.
Next to take the stage, was Tim Anadyr, another wonderful performer and great friend, as well as co runner of another great little venue with Katja Runo, called Spice. If you haven't been there, then you are missing out on some great shows and lovely folks who tend to hang out there.
Cailidgh brought her talented, madcap, mayhem to us after Tim. She also sang, Happy Rezz day and Ari bless her gave me a lovely gift, of a picture, that we have hung in the pub. Caili's crowd are another bunch of great people.
We finished the events at the pub with Capos Calderwood. It was a great set with a few comedy songs throw in and all I can say is, Wow what a talent. He is another one of those folks you swear has more than the normal amount of fingers on his hands. Here I give a big thank you to, Alix Pleides,who had booked him before she decided to stand down from running the pub with us.
After the pub closed, Sunwolf and I rushed over to out other favorite haunt Cuddlers Cove, where we managed to catch most of Gweeb's set. Another joker, but talented guy, well worth a listen if you haven't already.
Laid Back Celt ,ended the night for us at Cuddlers, with his own brand of rocking. Sun and I just love his sound.
So, to the new years celebrations themselves. We were back at Guthries to see Ronnie again, can't get enough of this guy. Then we hopped over to Ozland to see Ari finally get her debute. What a lovely soothing voice she has, and her guitar playing was wonderful. We do hope to have her on our stage at the pub real soon.
Caili was doing a marathon set after Ari. We could only stay for awhile, as we had promised to see the new year in at Waffles with Rick Ugh Yeu. Twinkie, the venue owner, was away but had said it was ok to use the venue in her absence.
So we danced away as Rick played, sang and counted down the time to midnight. I can't think of a better way to have seen in the new year.
Straight after this, we went to our last place of the, by now early morning.Larry the Panda had invited us to a place he had built up especially for a new year party. It was for robots really, though anyone was welcome.
Larry had a brilliant Rock Music radio station on and we stayed until we virtually fell asleep at the keyboards.
It was such a pretty place with lots of coloured lights everywhere. Larry is such a lovely guy, if you don't know him you are missing someone very special.
The next two days saw,Sunwolf and I, take a much needed break from all the running around, and that brings us up to today and completes the week phew! I if you have got this far you deserve a medal and I can assure you, future blogs will not be this long, I promise.
Wishing you Love, Light, Peace and Prosperity.
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