Real Life as a musical astronaut navigating the Virtual Life.

The past 7 years has delivered some significant shifts to our life experience. On a personal level as well as our cultural experience on a social level. This is Tony Gerber talking right now. I am speaking for myself this web column. I started a family and have a beautiful 4 year old daughter which changed my dynamic and has caused a rebalancing of energies and time. Part of that rebalance has been music creation in the virtual world. Second Life is a virtual world platform that has enabled us to do live performances even if we are not all together in the same room. And these virtual events can take place in the comfort and convenience of our own home studio. Needless to say the advantages are very obvious and as a musical dad, this has been blessing and part of the new balance for me.

SPACECRAFT performed several historic virtual events in the past 2 years. Their first live performance on the virtual grid was for the global space party, Yuri’s Night 2007. As the music group SPACECRAFT was started as a result of NASA audio recordings, it was very fitting that their first mission to the virtual world grid would be for a NASA related project. To read and see more about this event, visit the Yuri’s SPACECRAFT page. In 2008, SPACECRAFT performed as a duo with Giles Reaves teaming up with me, Tony Gerber for a very fun concert from my home studio into SL. The other live virtual event was for World Space Week in 2008. These recordings may also be available at sometime in the near future.