We are very excited to announce that Cruxy is working with Suzanne Vega and her label, Blue Note Records, to promote her new album “Beauty & Crime”. This Friday, we will be hosting a special event inside of the virtual world of Second Life at our New York-themed “Ludlow Street” virtual location (see pictures below). Suzanne’s album will also be available within Second Life, through a custom version of our Cruxy Player Virtual World Widget. Read on to the press release below for more information or visit http://cruxy.com/suzannevega
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Please join Suzanne Vega for a one-of-a-kind event as she returns to her avatar form for a special virtual listening party in Second Life on Friday July 13 at 7pm. Vega will be celebrating the upcoming release of her new album BEAUTY & CRIME, out July 17 on Blue Note, which Dave Bauder of Associated Press hailed as, “the deepest, most satisfying album in a career that’s stretched 20 years.” (7/5/07)
Users are invited to stop by to interact with Vega who will be hanging and chatting on the virtual Ludlow Street, one of the many NYC locales that inspired the songs on Vega’s new CD. Every visitor will receive a free player for BEAUTY & CRIME which can be used to outfit their avatars or to host a listening party of their own. Users can also create their own musical street graffiti, explore the sounds of the city, and watch concert footage recorded live at the Hiro Ballroom.
In August 2006, Vega was the first major recording artist to ever perform in Avatar in the online virtual world, and write a spirited piece about SECOND LIFE’S creator Phillip Rosedale in TIME MAGAZINE’S Time 100 this past May.
Second Life attendance to the in-person event is by invite only. You may request an invitation through Cruxy at: http://cruxy.com/suzannevega
For users without Second Life-capability, you will be able to access a web-based live stream during the event. Podcast recordings will also be posted after the event on the http://cruxy.com/suzannevega page.
You can view some snapshots below from the Ludlow St. virtual location where the event will take place.
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I realize this is seriously off-topic, but I was wondering if Mux was ever going to get resurrected? Those of us who live in places where YouTube is difficult or impossible to get (in my case, a Southeast Asian country) have grown to depend on Mux, and miss it terribly.
Bill,
Sorry about that. We’ve obviously been distracted. Mux.am is now back up.
Better yet, we do have a great new release of Mux ready, that we’ve just been holding off on until we can put some real focus on it. The plan is before August 1st - we’ll see how we can do.
In the meantime, feel free to ping us at support at cruxy dot com if you have any more problems with mux.