I was very happy to be invited on to Music Academy’s onLive TV show the other day. The show was hosted by the brilliant Benton Wunderlich, who is doing some awesome work in Second Life promoting music in many forms, running workshops and lectures about masterworks and many other exciting intiatives. As usual, the show was filmed and broadcast live by the consistently slick SLCN team, who always amaze me with their ability to fluidly capture live events in SL.

Music Academy, is not only a great resource in Second Life. Their website is a brilliant resource for composers and musicians, especially from the fields of classical / concert music and soundtracks / media music, but also relevant to other interests. Their use of the virtual medium is quite outstanding. Most importantly the work Benton does in making classical music more accessible is brilliant. I guess this is logical really as part of an ongoing trend of educational establishments finding SL to be a superb platform, but its the first area where I’ve seen this type of music being so explicitly promoted.

We had a great chat during the show and it was nice to have an hour to talk through influences and the various projects I’ve been doing in Second Life. The show is archived on the SLCN website and should be available for viewing for some time to come. You can view it here.