Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: Music
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Dropping on YouTube just an hour or so ago, here's the latest music video of BYNORAL, aka Yasushi Watanabe, a major figure in the J-Pop world (he's composed songs for top girl groups AKB48 and Nogizaka46) who earlier this year spun off a side project creating music videos in Second Life. Video summary: This track is a sentimental…
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For a user-created virtual world that's nearly 20 years old, it's difficult for anyone to create the first something in its category, but Zatch Ixchel has probably done just that: "MESHONME" is the first rap song inspired by Second Life that I'm aware of. And it's actually damn good, with a solid trap beat matched…
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This totally charming SL music video incorporates Japanese-themed locations with Japanese pop music, and there's a very good reason for that: Both the video and the music are by Yasushi Watanabe, and if you follow J-Pop, you're probably already familiar with his music. "He composes music for many Japanese major singers including AKB48 and Nogizaka46…
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Miro Shot, a UK-based indie rock band that’s recently gained quite a lot of renown and airplay (especially in Europe), just announced a mixed reality/virtual world music tour starting next week, including live appearances in AltSpace VR and Sinespace. This is not surprising, because founder and lead singer Roman Rappak was greatly inspired by a…
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Soliloquy is a cool new interactive music app (Mac/PC) inspired by the Coronavirus and about the Coronavirus, created by VR/adaptative music artist Robert Thomas — previously on New World Notes here, and some of his SL-based projects here –along with Sam Dudley. Originally created for a mentoring program for UK music agency Manners McDade, the…
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