Second Life is at its heart a social platform and that means engaging in social activities such as lively debates, the arts, music and more. Fortunately The Destination Guide has a section to help us find music and from there I decided to head off to The Dirty Grind overlooking Jasmine’s Hollow.

There I found a delightful steampunk inspired sim that ticks a long very nicely, this may be in a large part due to the cogs and clocks that are scattered around the location.

The Dirty Grind describes itself as an Independent Artist Community. When you land there a notecard is offered, which provides some information on the region. There’s also a website and from there we learn :

Open to the public 24/7! The Dirty Grind™ is a steampunk™ haven for music and visual art. Come for over 30 hours of eclectic live professional recording artists that span from heavy metal and rock to folk and jazz and explore the venue’s many surprises and games. Enjoy our family of musicians featured on our 24 hr radio station, Radio Grind™ and explore our artists and buy their work at Radio Grind presents…

They also offer in Jasmine’s Hollow shop and home rentals as well as having options to hold events or rent gallery space. Independent musicians are not the only artists here, there are quite a few independent artists displaying their wares.

Bear in mind though that this is a moderate rated region so you are likely to be chased out of town if you want to commercially run anything adult. This isn’t a place for overtly adult activities and they make this clear in their information.

 

Outside The Dirty Grind you will find a board advertising forthcoming performances. This week they list performances for Wednesday 3rd June, Thursday 4th June and Sunday 7th June. The website also has information regarding performances, as you would expect. The encouraging thing here is that the website and the boards inworld are both up to date, suggesting that there’s an active team working behind the scenes here.

The Destination Guide link for The Dirty Grind describes the place as :

Celebrate the arts at the Dirty Grind Independent! Overlooking Jasmine’s Hollow, the grid’s first and only Adirondack steampunk experience, the Dirty Grind is a haven for artists and lovers of creativity. Join them for the visual artist series and Radio Grind and over 30 hours of eclectic live recording artists spanning prog, roots, rock, folk, blues and jazz each month.

I’ll be honest, I have absolutely no idea what an Adirondack steampunk experience is!

Lisa Witt (Jasmine0Alaya) is the primary contact and thanks to the information Lisa provides, you will find a few ways of getting to learn more about The Dirty Grind before you visit, for example you can experience Radio Grind on your own Second Life parcel as they helpfully provide information regarding the Radio Grind Stream :

Love independent music? Enjoy The Dirty Grind family of independent musicians on Radio Grind! Listen while you are at Jasmine’s Hollow and The Dirty Grind and toss http://216.155.128.202:8079/ into your land stream and enjoy!

If you want to get a view in pictures of the region, then there’s a Flickr Group that you can view : https://www.flickr.com/groups/2601187@N21/

Then of course, as I mentioned earlier, there’s the website : http://www.JasminesHollow.com

This is certainly a location that is well worth a visit, there’s music, community and it’s certainly a very photogenic location.

SLURL To The Dirty Grind : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fender/83/141/25/

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