When Phoe Nix sang live in SL Piccadilly Circus a few weeks ago, I had trouble with my sound and only heard a few seconds of each song, but I knew from those few moments that she had a beautiful voice and a lot of talent.
I got in touch with her and agreed to catch one of her future gigs, I also asked her if I could have a chat with her about her Second Life and real life careers. I went over to see Phoe, and we were joined by her SL friend Surazeus Thor, at ‘Phoenix Mountain’
Phoe, (known in real life as Phoenix J) who was born in Singapore and now lives in Britain, has been singing for about 15 years. She had started out singing in school choirs and small choral groups. She soon went on to take solo roles within the groups.
She told me that she later studied Mass Communications at college where she met some studio producers. This led her to being invited to work with them on some pop and rock music projects. In the meantime she had started to put together her own recording studio, writing her own songs. From her studio she produced ‘jingles’ for TV and radio, whilst working on her solo album. To date she has released two solo albums independently on her own label.
Phoe tells me that she worked with the London based band Greenhaus on their third album 'Your Not Alone' I listened to a sample of the album on her web page at http://www.phoenixj.com/newsarchive.htm#mp3sampler and her rendering of the title song is beautiful and full of atmosphere.
Phoe told me that she is toying with the idea of releasing an album of covers of great rock songs, but with her own style and treatment of the songs. Phoe continues to write her own music, however, and Surazeus has written the lyrics to three of them so far as well.
I asked Phoe why she decided to come into Second Life. She told me that, although she had heard about it from other sources, she had later read a fiction novel that referred to it and decided to explore. Phoe Nix was not her first avatar, the original avatar she had used had experienced trouble with ‘griefers’ (bullies who use weapons and tricks on new people) and she gave up SL. As she had always had her music in the back of her mind she came back to try again, and this time Phoe Nix was created.
Phoe played her first SL gig on the 2 May 2008 and hasn’t look back since. She says that SL is a fantastic opportunity to reach a wider audience for her music, and it sure is, considering the coverage is worldwide.
I asked her where she hoped to go in SL with her music career and she told me that in the virtual world there is increasing exposure for her music and SL shows are a great rehearsal for her, a testing ground for what works with people. And work it certainly does, I went to her gig after our interview and my sound was working fine this time. She sang accompanying herself on the piano and her voice is sweet and pure, as well as having strength. She sang a range of her own songs, each one well received by the SL audience, ending with a cover of John Lennon’s Imagine. Phoe Nix’s music would appeal to any audience and Second Life is lucky that she decided to come back into the virtual world and share it with us.
I got in touch with her and agreed to catch one of her future gigs, I also asked her if I could have a chat with her about her Second Life and real life careers. I went over to see Phoe, and we were joined by her SL friend Surazeus Thor, at ‘Phoenix Mountain’
Phoe, (known in real life as Phoenix J) who was born in Singapore and now lives in Britain, has been singing for about 15 years. She had started out singing in school choirs and small choral groups. She soon went on to take solo roles within the groups.
She told me that she later studied Mass Communications at college where she met some studio producers. This led her to being invited to work with them on some pop and rock music projects. In the meantime she had started to put together her own recording studio, writing her own songs. From her studio she produced ‘jingles’ for TV and radio, whilst working on her solo album. To date she has released two solo albums independently on her own label.
Phoe tells me that she worked with the London based band Greenhaus on their third album 'Your Not Alone' I listened to a sample of the album on her web page at http://www.phoenixj.com/newsarchive.htm#mp3sampler and her rendering of the title song is beautiful and full of atmosphere.
Phoe told me that she is toying with the idea of releasing an album of covers of great rock songs, but with her own style and treatment of the songs. Phoe continues to write her own music, however, and Surazeus has written the lyrics to three of them so far as well.
I asked Phoe why she decided to come into Second Life. She told me that, although she had heard about it from other sources, she had later read a fiction novel that referred to it and decided to explore. Phoe Nix was not her first avatar, the original avatar she had used had experienced trouble with ‘griefers’ (bullies who use weapons and tricks on new people) and she gave up SL. As she had always had her music in the back of her mind she came back to try again, and this time Phoe Nix was created.
Phoe played her first SL gig on the 2 May 2008 and hasn’t look back since. She says that SL is a fantastic opportunity to reach a wider audience for her music, and it sure is, considering the coverage is worldwide.
I asked her where she hoped to go in SL with her music career and she told me that in the virtual world there is increasing exposure for her music and SL shows are a great rehearsal for her, a testing ground for what works with people. And work it certainly does, I went to her gig after our interview and my sound was working fine this time. She sang accompanying herself on the piano and her voice is sweet and pure, as well as having strength. She sang a range of her own songs, each one well received by the SL audience, ending with a cover of John Lennon’s Imagine. Phoe Nix’s music would appeal to any audience and Second Life is lucky that she decided to come back into the virtual world and share it with us.
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