San Francisco Update!! Rock-It Room March 12th
HOORAY!!!
Wednesday March 12th at The Rock-It Room 406 Clement Street, San Francisco CA
8:30-midnight tickets $7.00 at the door
Keiko Takamura, Cylindrian Rutabaga, and Melanie Keller.
Hopefully we’ll have gig flyers up soon. We will need you to spread the word, get your friends there…we WILL be broadcasting this audio and hopefully some video into SL at Blue Fusion. We will also have SL on a projector at the venue so you can be seen. 
This will be FUN!
STILL NEEDED: **ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO! Rake Roux came through for us and has us a PA System to use for the whole weekend!!! Y’all send him IMs of “way to go!”…THANK YOU RAKE!!!**
PA System for 3 nights at Central Perk in El Cerrito, CA
We’ve had some offers of amps…but here’s the real need (Rake Roux is making some contacts about this, if you have any information or access to a PA that we could use, please contact him ASAP)
Mixer (with a line-out so we can broadcast)
2 12″ speakers with stands
all the appropriate cords
We already have 2 micrphones with cords and stands…so no need for those.
Thanks y’all and I look forward to meeting some of you in San Francisco!!!
Midsomer Isle Feb 25th
Monday, Feb 25th
Puck’s Hideaway at Midsomer Isle
Beautiful setting for some beautiful music. Hope you can join me at 2pmSLT.
Regarding Personal Assistant Position
Hi there,
First of all, I have to say THANK YOU so much for the incredible response I received regarding a personal assistant. I am reviewing all the applicants and will be personally contacting you all this next week to talk. Some of you I’ve already talked with. I will make my final decision by March 1st.
Also, many of you have notified me of your willingness to be a volunteer in other aspects of assistants. This means so much to me and I value all of you! I will be taking you up on the offers for volunteers and with the help of my assistant we’ll begin getting everyone organized. I look forward to building a team of volunteers that is NOT overwhelmed by my schedule.
My schedule can be very demanding. But I’m hoping that with the help of a good team…I will not be under the pressure that I am under now by myself and I will have more time to create new music.
Also, I am having serious issues with my only computer. I may not be as connected next week: Feb 24-Mar 1…as I am hoping to get the laptop repaired…IF what’s wrong with it is under warranty. (praying that it is)
I will have limited access to a computer for my few shows next week and for a bit of networking.
Please keep in mind that even if you are not selected for the Assistant position, I will have other areas where I could use you on a volunteer basis. It helps to know your strong points, talents, and passions in this industry and in SL in order to find the best position for you…and one that will be fun and non-stressful. 
Thank you all so much again.
~cyl~
Blue Fusion Tonight 6pmSLT
Performing tonight at Blue Fusion
6pmSLT
Opening up for Juel Resistance
who takes the stage at 7pmSLT
Blue Fusion and Artropolis fused together so they are no longer independent and floating islands.
So come on out tonight for some great music and ambience and wander around the islands afterwards to see incredible artwork from some of SL’s most talented and respectable artists!
We’d love to see you!!!
Grizzy’s Cafe TONIGHT 6:30pmSLT
Grace Performs Live on Internet Radio and in Second Life TONIGHT!
Join the virtual Grace ( Cylindrian Rutabaga )in Second Life TONIGHT at 9:30pmEST/6:30pmPST at Grizzy’s Cafe . You can participate in the virtual concert or draw from Grace’s Audio Stream . It’s up to YOU how you’d like to be involved. You can communicate with Grace during the performance from outside Second Life on Yahoo Instant Messenger: cylindrian . Simply add and introduce yourself. (You may end up being mentioned on the air)
So, Come ONE, Come ALL and ENJOY!
**Grace will be traveling to San Francisco Mar 10-17th. Keep watch for shows on the calendar. Some are posted but may be subject to change**
Personal Assistant/Public Relation Manager Needed
…creativity…entertainment…distraction…where does one find a good and trustworthy assistant?
Here’s what characteristics I am looking for in a Personal Assistant/Public Relations Manager/Team of Individuals:
* driven
* self-motivated
* trustworthy (NO roleplaying managers please and I am NOT interested in internet dating at all nor am I interested in someone who wants to “play manager”.)
* familiar with the music industry
* highly skilled at writing: for press releases, advertising, biographies, blogging
* skilled at Advertising and Marketing
* ability to update websites
* creatively open minded
* focuses on a task at hand until completion
* must be able to follow through and do what you say you will do
Duties will include:
* Assisting me with keeping up my schedule: records of venues, venues owners or contacts, time and places of performances by updating my Calendar in SL to match my Google Calendar and getting the SL Calendar distributed. (currently working on a way to tie in the google calendar to subscribers so they get a notice inworld of performances with a SLurl..that way they do not need to use up a group to get my notices)
* Writing the notices of performances to send out to my spam group (notices should read like a mini-press release)
* Assisting me with coming up with ideas on performances and how to keep things fresh and new:swag ideas, scripting ideas (not responsible for fulfilling the ideas,but any contacts with builders and scripters would be cool)
* Advertising: really need help with this one:writing Press Releases for shows
* Marketing: this is a must do as well
This is a paying position (to be discussed). There will be a 30 day trial period and if other references could be given I would love to see them. Trainin will be provided.
Ultimately I would prefer a team of people to make the job a lot better as well. We will be required to have weekly meetings to discuss the performances, follow-up with venue owners, creative ideas, etc. The main thing is, I need some folks that are dependable, as this effects my real life business. If you are not able to commit, then you need not apply.
Please send all inquiries to: gfolkymusic@gmail.com with ‘Cylindrian PR Team Applicant’ in the subject line.
There are a lot of companies in SL that represent a lot of artists. I need a group to represent me and not have their time spread out amongst a lot of other musicians. I prefer one on one contact. This may be a bad idea to some, but I need me a Jerry Maguire personality…a representative who is as invested in me as I am in my passion for what I do for a living in the real world.
**Please comment below if you’d be interested in helping out as well as send me an e-mail: gfolkymusic@gmail.com . It would help me to have responses in both places. Thanks so much!!**
Angel Dorei Museum: A Celebration of Women
CYLINDRIAN PERFORMS TONIGHT 5pmSLT
Angel Dorei Museum presents A Celebration of Women – An exhibition of works by some of the most talented women artists in SL. This show is presented in support of The Making Stides Group /ACS – breast cancer awareness, education. The Exhibition will run thu the month of February. Please join us and celebrate, Art, Talent, Hope and Life.
Exhibiting Artists:
Callipygian Chistensen
Gracie Kendal
Jazz Calhern
Artistic Fimicoloud
Lilith VanAlten
Shoshana Epsilon
Stella Costello
Sarah Graff
Isolde Flamand
Taelea Takashi
Treb Larkham
Annelies Fratica
Indigo Mougin
and the artists of Amatsu Okiya
Suzanne Logan, Okasan
Emeriselle Theas
Pomona Writer
Eua Uriza
Toksuki Lungu
and Dorei Amari Gable
About The Making Strides Group:
Supporting the American Cancer Society’s unique mission to fight cancer on four fronts: research, education, advocacy, and patient services. As the nation’s largest nongovernmental breast cancer research supporter, the American Cancer Society has invested more than $290 million since 1972 to give those touched by breast cancer more reasons for hope. When you get involved in Making Strides, you help ensure progress against breast cancer continues… saving lives! Please contact Synergy Devonshire for more information.
Donation kiosks and gift bags with more information available at Angel Dorei.
In Response to a Comment Left on my Blog
The following is what was left on the Schedule section of my blog:
“I love your music and I’ve loved just about every SL show of yours that I”ve caught but I’m puzzled as to why you did the Fusion show on the 13th with your Avi looking like it did? . Any connection with Valentine’s Day was lost on me and while the music is far more the reason you get a crowd than how your Avatar looks you would, to my way of thinking, owe your fans some visual style as well when in concert. It wasn’t there at the Fusion gig and I felt disappointed at that. Purely a personal opinion for whatever thats’ worth”
I DID manage to find a picture of how my avatar looked during this show…thank you to Crap Mariner for posting this on the Flickr Site. Take a look at it and read my response below.
The Blue Fusion Pre-Valentine’s Show “look” to Cylindrian was purely meant as something out of the ordinary and I found it rather amusing to dress her up differently. If you take a moment and look through the Flickr Fan Site…you’ll see that my avatar changes all the time. This show was no different in that regard. I wanted to make her look more cupid-esque and to my eyes she did…apparently we see things differently. I found it funny. But my sense of humor gets lost sometimes. It’s a shame that the appearance of my avatar has such a negative effect on listeners. I thought the music was more important…and the visual aspect of it was not important.
Let me ask you readers this…would you prefer me to be more conservative on the dressing of my avatar? Would you prefer me to find one look and just stick with it or do you mind that I change the way she looks all the time?
I personally get bored with my avatar if I don’t modify things. Same thing with my parcel on Artropolis…I change it all the time. Its just the way I’m wired…just like changing my songs all the time. I have to keep things changing and moving otherwise, I lose interest.
So what are your thoughts…..my two readers? Is what my avatar looks like important to maintain a listener base? Should I refrain from modifying my avatar to keep people coming and listening to my music?
I am very pleased that this person felt so passionate about this subject that they posted it on my blog. I thank you for doing that and I really hope that this response opens up some dialogue…because I find this subject very fascinating.
Thank you CB…whoever you are. Comment back please. I’d really like to know your thoughts.
**on a side note…I wonder if Komuso gets comments like this…and what would happen if he changed his avatar from a cyborg into a human?**
Romance at Blue Fusion: Valentine Show
I am playing at Blue Fusion on Feb. 13th: 6pmSLT followed by Juel Resistance at 7pmSLT
This is the night before Valentine’s Day and I was thinking that it’d be a lot of fun to do a special show that involves YOU…the listener.
Do you have someone special that you’d like to dedicate a song to and is there any particular song that you’d like me to play for them?
Please let me know TONIGHT or in the morning…so I have time to learn it if I don’t know it already. Simply put your request onto a notecard and drop it into the Valentine Box on my parcel on Artropolis.
If there is something that you’d like me to say on the mic, I’d love to do that for you as well. (and if you’d like to remain anonymous…secret admirer, unrequited love…be sure to communicate that to me and I’ll respect your privacy)
Thanks y’all…I am really looking forward to tomorrow nights show!!
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!
~cyl~
*Don’t forget to listen, add, bump, and comment on my SixtyOne Page
View Grace Buford’s EPK
Cylindrian Rutabaga Fan Club Flickr Page: For fun, join this group…I’d love to see your pictures and your thoughts on previous and current shows.
