(PR) Attending your favorite rock concert may be as easy as a click of the mouse. A growing music scene has landed in the virtual world. Music fans are tuning into virtual communities such as Second Life (www.secondlife.com) to hear new musicians from around the world perform live concerts. Shiger Seattle is a popular singer/songwriter in Second Life. He hails from Raleigh, NC and has been performing live virtual concerts in Second Life for two years. Shiger (she-ger) has built a global following in the virtual community and has been selected to perform at the Second Life Community Convention in Chicago in August 2007.
"I have a growing family, and it just didn't make sense to perform at all hours of the night in bars and clubs," said Shiger Seattle. "Performing in Second Life is amazing. My audience has grown worldwide. While about 75-percent of my fans are in the U.S, my server statistics show listeners from around the globe including China, UK, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Japan, Australia, Brazil and more."
Virtual club owners pay musicians to perform in Second Life and musicians also get tips from music fans in the online community. There is a wide variety of music available to music fans at anytime of the day or night.
