Episode 25 Of The Drax Files : World Makers takes us into the seedy underbelly of rock music in Second Life! Ooooh! Well actually it’s not seedy … nor is it an underbelly, and it might not even rock music, however let’s move on, the star of the show is an artist known as Oblee.
Oblee explains how he plays gigs in Second Life two or three times a week, pointing out that there are many venues to play at. There has been talk about music being a good use case for the forthcoming VR boom and yet, there are already ample opportunities for musicians to play on a digital stage. Obviously one of the issues with the current virtual worlds is that they support a relatively small audience, as anyone who has been in a sim with 40 avatars knows. However that shouldn’t mean that the opportunities of current virtual worlds are overlooked.
Oblee is self made in Second Life and in an impressive twist, his earnings in Second Life have allowed him to earn enough money to finance his debut album outside the virtual world. These virtual worlds aren’t as distant from reality as some may think.
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