"Bumpin' It" or "Terrorist Fist Jab"

Most humans on Earth (and other beings on planets) know this gesture as giving someone a bump. You're bumpin' it. Bumpin' knucks.

Real news reports that Fox Noise Channel likes to call it "Terrorist Fist Jabs". Other lunatics like to call it "Hizbollah hand jabbing"

Anyway, the whole point to this is to check out RDV Animations new up-and-coming product "RDV Meet & Greet HUD 2.0" (which I hear is actually going to be released TODAY so visit Muse Isle. One dual-avatar animation option includes the awesome "bumpin' knucks."

5 Websites That Make the RIAA Irrelevant (by RAC)

Coming to you from The Remix Company comes:

5 Websites That Make the RIAA Irrelevant
Jun 11, 2008 in remix from http://theremixcompany.co.uk/?p=118

Here at RAC, we’re all about doing things ourselves, and we decided to share a bit about some methods we recommend. Record labels are scrambling to figure out the next business model, and these sites are giving the power back to the musicians.

* TheSixtyOne - These guys are revolutionizing the way you discover music. It’s an interactive game-like web app that makes listening to new music fun and helps you find your audience. RAC is currently standing strong at NUMBER 1!

* TuneCore - Did you ever wonder how to get your music on itunes? Well, for about 20 bucks you can get it not only on itunes, but amazon, emusic, rhapsody, and many more.

* JamGlue - web-based online remixing

* Reaper - Do you hate Pro-Tools like us? Or do you not want to pay the ridiculous amount for the hardware? Well, there is a nice alternative that was created by the same guy as Winamp 2.91 (the best version to date).

* Beatport - Sure this one is relatively well known, but it’s a fabulous tool for electronic musicians to sell their music and share it with fans.
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RAC's The61 page is here: http://www.thesixtyone.com/rac/
and many of their music artists also have their own pages on http://www.thesixtyone.com/

Back 2 Reality - August 3rd - The Countdown Begins

The initial info is already in. The pre-planning and arrangement on this event is astounding. Bubbs Zenovka, lead of the Back 2 Reality project / RL & SL integrated event, has already shown his dedication to making this event a monumental occasion.

As this show develops I will post updates here, but always
CHECK THE MAIN SITE:
http://back2reality.net/
For the updated lineup, RL venue info, the poster, and everything you need will always be posted there.

To join in on the continuing event production & organization conversation visit:
http://slmc.myfastforum.org/about1483.html

New Tunes and Updates on www.TheSixtyOne.com

I uploaded a new tune recently to www.TheSixtyone.Com/Doubledown


"Brushjourney" by Brad Reason
Listen and Bump HERE

Other DD Music news: "On & On vs Film" -My previous upload is a mashup of Erykah Badu vs Aphex Twin and you can check it here

Meanwhile, you'll notice on the61 site, each song has a small link that says "watch" If you click it, it'll play some random video on youtube which is generally unrelated. However, the video attached with my tune "Chameleon" comes with the watch video of Herbie Hancock's classic "ROCKIT"

Content Theft, Avatar Rights, the RIAA, & The Sound of Music

Wonderful genius Gwyneth Llewelyn comes to us with two brilliant posts regarding the future of music, technology, and the internet. These are must reads!

Content Theft, Avatar Rights, and the RIAA
You had to be very distracted to have missed the recent massive cry-out against content theft in Second Life. As the world grows, and as griefers and similar people commit misdemeanours all the time and get away with it, the situation can not improve by itself, as more and more petty residents find out that the best way to make money in SL — sometimes a cartful of money — is by illegitimate means. ..READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

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The Sound of Music
Not so long ago, I commented on the future of music distribution via virtual worlds like Second Life®. It is still my belief that we’re assisting at the end of an age where music distribution via records/tapes/CDs and earning an income from royalties is coming to an end. While “free information activists” have long since predicted the downfall of the RIAA and the end of “music piracy” as a crime, they usually just address one side of the issue: consumers, who currently have sidestepped the distribution model by essentially exchanging music for free. Initiatives like Apple’s iTunes tend to combine both models: easy music distribution for a very low price and making sure that the musician gets a cut from the profit.
But these models completely forget one major player in the music industry: the musicians and performers themselves.

How, indeed, shall they survive, if their music is freely copied? ..READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

True Life | Full Episode | 'I Live Another Life On The Web' | Three girls explore life on the web

True Life Full Episode 'I Live Another Life On The Web'
2 Sluts and 1 musician.... I mean... Three girls explore life on the web.

TOTAL Awesomeness to our beloved Keiko from SL!! Here's some champagne chat and caviar text at the SLMC forums

On this episode of True Life we meet three people who embody alter-egos online that are vastly different to who they are in real life.

• MTV
• Music Videos
• MTV Shows
• Entertainment News

Sexism in the US Presidental Race

On my ongoing posts about nothing having to do with Second Life music....

"To women... misogyny is like Jazz. They know it when they hear it."
-Kristen Schaal

....
wait a minute... I think I can connect this US politics Comedy Central thread to Second Life music. A bit of a 'six-degrees-of-pixelation' if you will..... lemme see if I can relate this to Second Life.

Ok, Comedy Central is awesome, Jon Stewart & The Daily Show are awesome.
Kristen Schaal is awesome and funny!! She also appears on the HBO show Flight of the Conchords. Flight of the Conchords are also on www.thesixtyone.com (and kicking ass mind you). And hundreds of Second Lifers LOVE and BUMP Flight of the Conchords....

And of course we must not forget the Avadudes protest regarding sexism, which sparked the potential talk about this possibly turning into another protest...i think.
... plus, there's a wonder woman outfit in SL too.

The Second Life 5th Birthday - Initial Info

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SL5B

Everything you need to know about SL5B can be found on the wiki. If you'd like to get involved, visit the link now!!!

Ravelong Custom DJ Staging - 6-5-08

Ravelong Productions and Doubledown's DJ Shop

Elros Tuominen - Kinetic Sculpture Artist - Opening Reception June 5th, 2pm, with DJ Doubledown

Ruttan Lane Galleries presents:

Elros Tuominen - Kinetic Sculpture Artist exhibition --==( part of the Cetus Art Gallery District )

Opening Reception - June 5th - 2pm slt with DJ Doubledown on the tunes spinning eclectic sculptured beats

Ravelong Shoutcast Streams Summer Special

Rent a Ravelong Shoutcast Stream for the Summer with this easy package:

$10000L for a 3 month stream. (now until September 1st)

100 listener / 128kbps / unlimited use 24-7 / emergency stream backup / friendly havailable help and troubleshooting

More info on Ravelong Shoutcast broadcasting streams

Visit Ravelong Productions in Second Life

IM Doubledown Tandino inworld or email DJDoubledown@gmail.com for more info

To begin renting:

Stream from now until September 1st - Pay Doubledown Tandino inworld $10,000L

Stream for 1 month - Pay Doubledown Tandino inworld $3,800L

DJ Myla Vuckovic's Birthday @ Kromatic : Music, Art, & Design - June 3rd, 2008

We celebrated Myla's birthday at Kromatic as she DJed the night away. Kromatic is a very awesome space run by multimedia & metamedia artist anocas Cortes.

Happy Birthday Myla!!

Hitler Explains Second Life