Singing in FPS? gg hootenanny!

January 19, 2010 4:54 PM

Media Artist Joseph DeLappe presents the first ever internet-wide global gaming voicechat singalong , the "gg hootenanny!", a day long festival featuring songs of freedom and protest in celebration of the release of his avatar, MGandhi Chakrabarti, from his nine-month imprisonment/durational reenactment in Second Life. This is a call for participation for all gamers and residents of online communities to come together and sing! Log on to your favorite online game or community any time on January 26th and sing songs of freedom and protest! Solo and group performances are encouraged! A list of recommended songs will be posted soon on the event blog! Please video document your performances! Post your videos to youtube or vimeo and I will embed your videos on the blog for this project. Or, join us in Second life for Three Live Performances! Second Life: 10am, 6pm and 11pm. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Odyssey/75/24/23 Live streaming link TBA: Join MGandhi Chakrabarti in Second Life on Odyssey Art and Performance Island at 6pm SLT (Pacific daylight) on January 26th, for the "gg hootenanny", voice chat performances of songs of freedom and protest. Special appearance by Second Front! Or join us at the Digital Media Studio of the University of Nevada, Reno on January 26th at 10am, 6pm and 11pm, bring your instruments and/or voices and come prepared to play and sing! We are presently arranging for live streaming of the performances in Second Life, visit the blog for further information as the event nears… Scheduled performers in Second Life include: The Beatles, Amy Winehouse, Pope Benedict XVI, Hello Kitty, Jim Morrison, Prince Charles, Spongebob Squarepants, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Smith (of the Cure), Wonder Woman and many, many more!
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