Superbowl Sunday - Looking forward to Half-Time

Superbowl Sunday 52 at Soni's House!   I'll be watching - what about you?! I am looking forward to a Justin Timberlake win during the halftime show!

New Stream for Slow Bake

Dear Listeners,

You know how it goes - the Stones' tune "You can't always get what you want...." Honestly, I even have reservations about whether you can get what you need, even trying hard. There's always a condition.  Anyways, there is a point to this post. 

Thanks for the memories!  You can anticipate new ones from Slow Bake, and hopefully SL LIve Radio.  So please let me explain.

I have learned that you cannot do everything, and if you try, something will likely flounder.

I spent the week thinking over a lot of things, about the direction of Slow Bake, and whether I might be interested in buying SL Live Radio.   I was, and it breaks my heart not to do so.   Esme Capelo and Thorn Andel have created an amazing radio station, professional sounding and they have broadcast many amazing remotes.  They built a brand that represents quality radio.  To do all that, it takes a lot of creativity and time, and even money.  At this point in my life, and having had a long radio career in RL (and still working full-time in RL as well), I cannot personally invest my life into SL Live Radio.   Trust me, it tears me up.  Like many SLers, I am feeling the pangs of getting older, and having to be selective with my time choices.   I will be jealous of the next owner, and even if SL Live Radio continues as it is, I would be jealous that I missed this opportunity.   I am so glad that I had a glorious four years with Esme and Thorn, and all those who I met through them!  I will never regret their friendship and trust in my show.  

Slow Bake will continue...

I have enjoyed the past four years working with SL Live Radio, still going strong by the way. 
I am here today to tell you that there will be some changes soon to Slow Bake.  I will redirect you to my personal stream for my radio show within the next two weeks, and I will be looking for new ways to promote SL music at least in time for my anniversary edition, April 10th - when it all began 8 years ago in 2010, first on BOSL Radio and then 4 years later on August 10, 2014 - that's when I started a long run with SL Live Radio, who graciously took up my program on its stream (thanks Esme and Thorn). I reiterate, I appreciate their hosting of Slow Bake.  I am just a humble deejay who is happy with the music scene in-world.  

Memories....

I have many fond memories of live music performances in SL, and remember getting to know some of the artists when I co-owned the club Chicago SL years ago.   That was my start!   Chicago was one of the first to stream musicians live, but then it got so complicated, and everybody wanted a piece of the action.  I keep trying to go smaller, lol, and always get caught in the spotlight.   Let's keep it on the music!   I am just an ex dj, who loves introducing people to talented artists and good music!  

As my listeners know, my focus is on SL musicians and singers who play inside Second Life.  I would like to expand that to other virtual worlds, but honestly as far as my virtual travels have indicated as of late,  SL is still the place for live music across the meta universe.   Prove me wrong, if you don't think so.  I am always on the look out for new music and artists! 

Long live 'live music' and SL Live Radio.

Hugs to Esme, Thorn,and all my loyal listeners - and Mad Pea for providing us virtual land to stream live from our studio there!

Mid-Winter Blues in Radioland!

Just one of those days.   Feeling blue in SL.  Blinds open in RL.  Beautiful day but it is very chilly to really enjoy.   Nice and cozy in Second Life, but I cannot seem to get it together today to do a show for you all!    So my advice is - go see one of the many SL live shows today.  Lots of wonderful talent on the grid performing live every Sunday.   Please tip well to support the SL music scene.    Maybe I will just Slow Bake some cookies....

Soni's feeling 'blah'

At my small house on Book Island, just chilling alone to some of my SL music.

              For live music, see www.wslpromo.net.  Here's Sunday's Schedule:

12:00 pm: AMForte at Frisky Beaver Beach Club
   
1:00 pm: Phemie Alcott at Rainworx
  
1:00 pm: Savannah Rain at Mango Yacht Club
 
2:00 pm: AleyKat at Frisky Beaver Beach Club

2:00 pm: Zachh Cale at Branagh’s Jazz

3:00 pm: Maximillion Kleene at Faery Crossing
  
3:00 pm: Savannah Rain at Frisky Beaver Beach Club

4:00 pm: Agatha Martin at AiR Island
 
4:00 pm: AleyKat at Live Vibrations
  
4:00 pm: Keeba Tammas at Faery Crossing

4:00 pm: Porter Paquot at Rainworx

5:00 pm: Maximillion Kleene at Live Vibrations

6:00 pm: AMForte at Live Vibrations

7:00 pm: Porter Paquot at Stanza
 
8:00 pm: Arra at Homes For Our Troops

8:00 pm: Maxx Sabretooth at Saddles Lounge

9:00 pm: Balecry at The Mason Jar

Check Facebook and SL's Calendar of events for other live music events. 

VERSUS FESTIVAL IN SL

This is as close as I can get to Paris with my awful French accent!

 We are in the final hours of the VERSUS FESTIVALSL 2018!
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Amethyst%20Cove/152/176/29

Still to go....

POL ARIDA 19H 20H PARIS - 10h AM 11h AM SL
FREDDY 20H 21H PARIS - 11h AM 12h PM SL
LISA BRUNE 21H 22H PARIS - 12h PM 1h PM SL
MAXMILLION 22H 23H PARIS - 1h PM 2h PM SL
TUKSO LIVE 23H 00H PARIS - 2h PM 3h PM SL

Happening at Amethyst Cove (152,176,29)

Slow Bake will stream as usual on SL Live Radio, but Versus Festival will continue through the afternoon.  A number of my favorite SL musicians are performing this weekend at the VERSUS FESTIVAL. By the time it concludes, there will have been 32 LIVE SINGERS FOR 32 HOURS on stage!   Lisa Brune (below) has an amazing rich voice, smooth and captivating!   So much talent in one place, only in SL!

Lisa Brune Performing at VERSUS!

Here's the complete schedule for Saturday 20 January at 16 hours to Sunday, January 21 at midnight (Paris)

ARNAUD 16H 17H PARIS - 7h AM 8h AM SL
ROCKY TOOCOOL 17H 18H PARIS - 8h AM 9h AM SL
NINA BING 18H 19H PARIS - 9h AM 10h AM SL
OFFERUS 19H 20H PARIS - 10h AM 11h PM SL
PHEMIE ALCOTT 20H 21H PARIS - 11h AM 12h PM SL
TOXIE DARKMATTER 21H 22H PARIS - 12h PM 1h PM SL
KATIA PORTUGAL 22H 23H PARIS - 1h PM 2h PM SL
PARIS OBSCUR 23H 00H PARIS - 2h PM 3h PM SL
AM FORTE 00H 01H PARIS - 3h PM 4h PM SL
AGATHA NOWLES 01H 02H PARIS - 4h PM 5h PM SL
ERIK KOTTZEN 2H 3H00 PARIS - 5h PM 6h PM SL
DIMIVAN LUDWIG 03H 04H PARIS - 6h PM 7h PM SL
MIMI CARPENTER 04H 05H PARIS - 7h PM 8h PM SL
SARAMARIE 05H 06H PARIS - 8h PM 9h PM SL
WALMARTLDOL 06H 07H PARIS - 9h PM 10h PM SL
CHIP TAKACS 07H 08H PARIS - 10h PM 11h PM SL
ROCKETMAN 08H 09H PARIS - 11h PM 12h AM SL
MEESHY 09H 10H PARIS - 12h AM 1h AM SL
EVELY LANE 10H 11H PARIS - 1h AM 2h AM SL
TRICKYLICKS 11H 12H PARIS - 2h AM 3h AM SL
ML 12H 13H PARIS - 3h AM 4h AM SL
MOMI HALLISON 13H 14H PARIS - 4h AM 5h AM SL
VIVIANA HOUSTON 14H 15H PARIS - 5h AM 6h AM SL
MERKABAH 15H 16H PARIS - 6h AM 7h AM SL
ARRA 16H 17H PARIS - 7h AM 8h AM SL
KRIS 17H 18H PARIS - 8h AM 9h AM SL
JACK SLADE 18H 19H PARIS - 9h AM 10h AM SL
POL ARIDA 19H 20H PARIS - 10h AM 11h AM SL
FREDDY 20H 21H PARIS - 11h AM 12h PM SL
LISA BRUNE 21H 22H PARIS - 12h PM 1h PM SL
MAXMILLION 22H 23H PARIS - 1h PM 2h PM SL
TUKSO LIVE 23H 00H PARIS - 2h PM 3h PM SL





Slow Bake streams (most) Sundays noon to 2pm PST/SLT from SL Live Radio, in-world at Mad Pea's Mad City!   http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MadPea%20Mad%20City/114/198/32


The Listening particulars below! 

http://radiosllive.blogspot.com/

http://tunein.com/radio/SL-Live-Radio-s221620/

To add SL Live to your property, http://sl_live_radio.net-radio.org:8167/

A Frisky Sunday in Second Life, Presenting AMFORTE and Many Others!

Fairly quiet today at Mad City so I did my rounds to check out the live music scene, especially when I knew AMFORTE would be performing today, first at the Frisky Beaver at noon, and later at the Jagged Edge in Sunset Cove, 6pm.    http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunset%20Cove/191/182/22

In between, and before and after, many musicians were scheduled to perform!

No reason to sit alone on Sundays, when SL brings the jam to you - online via SL Live Radio's stream (featuring SL musicians during the specialty show 'Slow Bake' hosted by yours truly).

Hope to see you at one of our live broadcasts!   Catch you later!

Frisky Beaver Beach Club @ Taylor

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Taylor/118/57/24

Always Sunny in SL

Over the holidays, during my vacation, I spent a lot of time with my family watching "Always Sunny in Philadelphia..."   It's just a blast to see how that cast can get into such mischief, and in Second Life, daily life is fairly normal comparatively.   So if you love talented musicians, good coversation, and just hanging out and listening to indie tunes, and even learning a bit about those artists and where they are playing next, then Slow Bake, a courtesy of SL Live Radio, which streams us weekly, then turn us on!   Catch Slow Bake live Sundays, noon to 2PM SLT (PST).   As I said, no worries, we are as real as it gets for another world!   And if you want it to be, it can also be - always SUNNY!

Here's the details for your listening pleasure.

Stay tuned for Slow Bake, (most) Sundays noon to 2pm PST/SLT, live streaming from SL Live Radio, in-world at Mad Pea's Mad City!   http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MadPea%20Mad%20City/114/198/32


The Listening particulars below! 

http://radiosllive.blogspot.com/

http://tunein.com/radio/SL-Live-Radio-s221620/

To add SL Live to your property, http://sl_live_radio.net-radio.org:8167/

Guess Who Dropped Into My SL Home

This has been an odd day indeed.  No sooner than my pipes were fixed, than did I notice a stranger in my living room.   I couldn't believe it so I invited Esme over very quickly as a witness!    Eventually, the intruder left for Scotland (SL) where he lives.   He offered me a quick visit to show me that he wasn't a deadbeat in SL (as IRL). 

 So how was your day?!
 See you next week at Mad Pea's Mad City!

Blame it on old plumbing!

I was merrily in the middle of my show when the plumber came by to fix my leaky pipe (I made an emergency call early in the day), and what should have been a one person job, turned out to be a two person task.  It was no longer a matter of changing out a simple valve, but the whole house seemed to be leaking!  I had to pop out of the station for a bit.   The plumber assigned me to watch the kitchen sink, while he worked in the bathroom.   "Soni, turn on the kitchen sink...okay now turn it off."  That went on and one, while I ran back and forth between songs.   Probably needless to say, the plumbing took priority.   Let's try next week for a full Slow Bake show!    I will try to keep my pipes properly dry! 

Enjoy your week! 

Happy 2018 from Slow Bake!

Happy New Year!!!

Glad to be back for Sunday's radio show!   I have a few pics from our last show for 2017 with Esme and Thorn, the founders of SL Live Radio, proud sponsor of Slow Bake, a two-hour Sunday feature that breaks away from the regular format to pay tribute to SL musicians and singers.  And there's plenty of SL music to keep us busy all year long!

I have amassed quite a large song collection of in-world favorites, mostly indie artists who rely on local support in their respective communities and the virtual live music community of Second Life.

Some artists have moved on to other projects, but many return every now and then.  Of course, many others remain loyal to their SL audiences.  The goal of the radio show is to expose these bands beyond the confines of SL, and so that you can listen to their tunes anywhere, not just within SL and not only when they are scheduled to play.   Just like a radio station, you cannot download the songs from Slow Bake, but we help you find their music so you can purchase it and we try to direct you to their concerts in world and wherever they play IRL, maybe even your hometown.

I am hoping 2018 will allow me to expand our music library, listener base, and programming.  Belinda has been my longtime sidekick and we hope to keep the Slow Bake tradition alive and well for virtual music lovers everywhere.

 
Based now in the Bay Area, I am closer than ever to the mother ship, and remain committed to strengthening the music scene!

Recently I found this article about Second Life, published last month (Dec. 2017),  https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/second-life-leslie-jamison/544149/


Stay tuned for Slow Bake, (most) Sundays noon to 2pm PST/SLT, live streaming from SL Live Radio, in-world at Mad Pea's Mad City!   http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MadPea%20Mad%20City/114/198/32


The Listening particulars below! 

http://radiosllive.blogspot.com/

http://tunein.com/radio/SL-Live-Radio-s221620/

To add SL Live to your property, http://sl_live_radio.net-radio.org:8167/


Warm hugs,

Sonicity & Belinda