"And the wind began to howl..."

Hey all you Hippies...give me an "S", give me a "E", give me a... What's that spell? (crowd yells "SECONDSTOCK!!")

Yesterday's final day of Secondstock was a great time but over waaay too quickly. I don't think I have ever experienced the quality of music and musician performances anywhere else in Second Life

Thanks to all you Secondstock Hippies out there we had a phenomenal turnout all three days and were running between 40-80 people on the SIM for the entire concert that ran from 9 in the morning to an hour (or so) after midnight. We actually did hit 100 people on the SIM at 3:15pm on Saturday. And our server held up just fine...until last night when Freestar Tammas finally crashed the sim after 9pm...LOL.
Free now has bragging rights that she was the only one who was able to crash the sim at Secondstock.

Toward the end of the concert, Merck shot off fireworks and I turned the weather system back on. Nice light rain fell for awhile then the wind started whipping and howling, the rain was pouring, and for JAMBA's finale we were hit with a full blown thunder shower with non-stop lightning strikes all over the SIM. Woohoo!

The Secondstock music festival may be over but Secondstock the SIM lives on! We are planning now for upcoming concerts and ongoing events.

Our merchant tents are up and selling their cool 1970's merchandise. Come on back and check them out now that you can wander around without missing any music performances. And, if you wondered what the original Woodstock in 1969 was like, please come back and check out our Woodstock Exhibit and Museum in Max Yasgur's Barn near the TP arrival area of Secondstock. Thanks to Abbey Zenith from the Alliance Virtual Library for creating the exhibit and to Bucky Barkley for his superb videos.

All Hippies are invited to use Secondstock as your home rezzing location if you don't have a place to go, and our campgrounds, mudslides, yoga area, skinny dipping lake, corn fields with hidden marijuana, and little pose ball surprises are waiting for you to explore upon your return.

The festival weekend ran smoothly due in large part to the support of the Police Department officers who were around to help us keep the griefers at bay and help out with the drug overdoses from that "not necessarily too good" Brown Acid. The Police were cool and could often be seen holding their lighters up as they listened to the music while standing up on the hill. In lieu of payment the Police placed donation jars out for the Make A Wish Foundation. Thank you all who donated.

Our audio stream worked beautifully all weekend (even when I couldn't remember which button to push on my SAM broadcaster to turn it on). Thank you STREAM TEAM for donating the stream for the concert. Anyone who wants their own stream, or needs to upgrade to a more reliable, and affordable stream, please contact Edward Lowell, Amy Ferguson, Jackie Cushing, or Bob Corrigible of The Stream Team for your own copy.

We could use some help...we would like to hear from anyone about what we did right or how we can improve the sim and the festival so leave your comments here on the blog (of course I have edit rights for "correcting" any dumb comments...arr arr arr)

Also check out our Official Secondstock Photo website built by Secondstock merchant and friend, Chriscloud Loon. Go to www.secondstock.tk and check out the pics.

On behalf of the Secondstock Entertainment team of Merck Forager, Amy Ferguson, Rain Allen, Gabrielle Neddings, and myself, I want to thank you all for making the first SECONDSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL a fun, exciting, and memorable success!! GROOVY!

~Erik

Links for Press and picture coverage of Secondstock Music Festival October 24-26th

The Official Secondstock Photo Website

Website photos by Chriscloud Loon (and a few by Erik Silverstar)
http://www.secondstock.tk/


More Press coverage from SL News Publications

Secondstock press release on SL Pulse
http://www.slpulse.com/content/view/484/2/

More to come….we talked to quite a few news folks on Saturday and Sunday including Kay Uggla, Lanai Jarrico, MincedMedia Clip, and a follow up with Nazz Lane.


Photos Taken at Secondstock and posted on the web

Secondstock photos posted on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=secondstock&w=all&s=int
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=secondstock&s=int&page=2

Secondstock photos posted on SnapZilla:
http://www.sluniverse.com/pics/Search.aspx?Search=secondstock

Secondstock photos posted on KoinUp by Shu Watanabe
http://www.koinup.com/works/tag/secondstock/


Secondstock press coverage from around the world:

Vous avez manqué Woodstock, vivez le festival SecondStock! (in French)
http://www.metaverse3d.com/2008/10/09/vous-avez-manque-woodstock-vivez-le-festival-secondstock/

Woodstock '69? Secondstock '08! (in Czech)
http://revue.oborsky.cz/obsah/woodstock-69-secondstock-08

Shu Watanabe’s blog (in Japanese)
http://shuwatasl.blogspot.com/2008/10/festival.html



Postings by SL Bloggers:

Lane’s List by Nazz Lane
http://laneslist.blogspot.com/2008/10/secondstock-music-festival-underway.html

Secondstock merchant Dale Innis’ Feeling Groovy
http://daleinnis.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/feelin-groovy/

Joonie’s SL Journey
http://jooniessljourney.blogspot.com/2008/10/secondstock_7725.html
http://jooniessljourney.blogspot.com/2008/10/secondstock.html
http://jooniessljourney.blogspot.com/2008/10/secondstock_14.html

New World Notes: Lanna’s List
http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/10/lannas-list-f-3.html

News and Videos about SECONDSTOCK!!

Check out the following links to read (or watch) news coverage of the SECONDSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL.


SL-NEWSPAPER (Friday October, 24th 2008)
Story by Nazz Lane who visited Secondstock and talked with Erik and Amy while touring the Secondstock Festival grounds.

http://secondlife-newspaper-mace.blogspot.com/2008/10/secondstock.html


SLCN-TV (Thursday, October 23rd, 2008)
Duckyfresh Watanabe stopped by the Secondstock sim with her film crew to report on the Secondstock Music Festival as this weekends "HOT SPOT on SL"!! Check out her weekly show "That S'Life" Woohoo!

http://slcn.tv/slife-23oct08

LISTEN TO SECONDSTOCK OFFWORLD!!

Yes Secondstock Hippies and everyone WORLDWIDE can listen to all the performers at the SECONDSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL by just going to the following URL:

http://thestreamteam2.serverroom.us:8902/

Just click listen and you can enjoy incredibly great music over the internet inworld or out. GROOVY!

Oh, and SECONDSTOCK has been producing record crowds and hit 100 people on the SIM on Saturday afternoon at 3:15pm. Whoa!

SECONDSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL - Performer's Schedule

Get on the magic bus and join us at the SECONDSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL!! October 24-26th there will be over 40+ Second Life musicians performing on the main stage on the Secondstock sim.

FRIDAY PERFORMER'S SCHEDULE - October 24th

9:00 am Joe Paravane
10:00 am Bones Writer
11:00 am Anek Fuchs (Azoranmyth Destiny)
12:00 pm XanderNichting Writer
1:00 pm Skinny Shepperd
2:00 pm Wendy Curtiss
3:00 pm DJ Doubledown Tandino spins 60's psychedelic funk and rock
4:00 pm ufs Hyde
5:00 pm Edward Lowell
6:00 pm Pam & Bill Havercamp
7:00 pm Lonnie Nightfire
8:00 pm AcousticEnergy Nitely
9:00 pm Andreus Gustafson
10:00 pm Burnt Benoir
11:00 pm DeepSky Traveler
12:00 am FrankLee Anatra


SATURDAY PERFORMER'S SCHEDULE - October 25th

9:00 am Ezcape Hax
10:00 am Mimi Carpenter
11:00 am Kiaranne Flanagan
12:00 pm Digby Smalls
1:00 pm Harleykillernl Back
2:00 pm oldwolf Criss
3:00 pm Maximillion Kleene
4:00 pm Dimivan Ludwig
5:00 pm Moondoggirl Moomintoog
6:00 pm beauregard Freenote
7:00 pm Dann Numbers
8:00 pm Vincent Merricks
9:00 pm DJ Mary Poppins rocks Secondstock!
10:00 pm Jace Collins
11:00 pm Dexter Ihnen
12:00 am Auzzie Blackburn


SUNDAY PERFORMER'S SCHEDULE - October 26th

9:00 am Lyn Carlberg
10:00 am kelvinblue Oh
11:00 am Ictus Belford
12:00 pm CelticMaidenWarrior Lancaster
1:00 pm Zorch Boomhauer
2:00 pm Frogg Marlowe & Jaycatt Nico
3:00 pm DJ Doubledown Tandino spins 60's psychedelic funk and rock
4:00 pm Wren Hartunian
5:00 pm Rich DeSoto
6:00 pm Capos Calderwood
7:00 pm Cylindrian Rutabaga
8:00 pm Etherian Kamaboko
9:00 pm Freestar Tammas
10:00 pm RoseDrop Rust
11:00 pm Yahshvah Shinja
12:00 am JAMBA Losangeles

Pictures from the Secondstock Sim - October 9th

NO MORE RAIN!...Erik going down one of the mudslides

Secondstock merchants with main stage in background

Max Yasgur's barn and Woodstock Historical Exhibit (created by the curators of the Museum of Music on Infotainment Island)

Tractor and Cornfield

Main Stage

Pictures from the Secondstock Sim - October 9th

Secondstock pictures...