The Mad Hatter, A Cool New Events Venue

(Harper & Raspbury)

I dropped in to the new events venue, The Mad Hatter, in time to catch Harper Messmer and Raspbury Rearwin dual streaming tonight. There was a good crowd for this event and the venue itself was fun to check out. Raspbury continued singing alone with his keyboards and guitar after he dual streamed with Harper.

The Mad Hatter is owned by Dani Sarjeant and Jayson Massenberg. Situated in the grunge sim of Dark Realm this venue has all the asthetic details to make it a delight to see and hang out in as well as enjoy the talent. Dani said, "We started having live artists early August. Actually August 11th was our first show featuring, Harper Messmer. :) The Mad Hatter has always been a dream of Jay's. He has always wanted a place where artists can come and play for free. We actually do not rely on any of the tips we generate because we live here. We never charge or take a percentage." Dani and Jayson actually live in the mainland and this area is in the sky which I didnt initially notice as it's a large area filled with highly detailed shops. Jayson said they don't charge rent for their shops. I asked about the sim and style. Razobladejacket is opening up a store here and Tink tattoo is also in Dark Realm. I cammed and saw clothing stores, eye stores, an adorable grocery that gave me free stuff, plus various other stores. I also saw there is a subway, a tall building that has a casino, bowling and other things. Dani stated, "We love the grunge look and decided the zombie side is a great way to get people here and they can have some fun. we turn those off when we have events lol" "There are so many talented people in SL. We just hope that people can come here and enjoy the venue and appreciate what these artists do." It really is very cool looking and with the talent and crowds tonight I'm sure they will ejoy great success. Check it out here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dark%20Realm/197/192/1163 or direct link here: TheMadHatterHere.

Tomorrow, Friday 8-26-11 they host Quanah at 8pm slt as well as musicians Amforte and Acousticenergy Nitely.


(Dani & Jayson-owners)


(Dark Realm)


(The Mad Hatter-stage area)

AcousticEnergy Nitely

Last night, 6-15-11, celebrated AE's induction into the SpiritFire Entertainment Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. His group has over 1000 members and there was a 2 hour party to celebrate. Friends made a video commemoration that was shown, followed by the award and some good music and dancing. Sher Salmson, his manager who runs Spiritfire Entertainment, said a few words and presented AE with an award statue, as seen in the photo above with Spiritfire partner Nyna Slate. Attendees were offered a cute teddy bear that plays one of AE's original tunes. The venue, Dragon Moon, owned by Nyna Slate, held a large crowd and was decorated in true Hollywood style with a red carpet entry adorned with paparattzi. The stage was flanked by two huge replicas of the award statue and the stage itself had a car seat with cooler next to it that was also seen numerous times throughout the commemoration video. AE is a great guy with a great voice, check out his shows some time. The commemoration video filmed by Doris Fereszk, can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/user/SuperDoris65?feature=mhee or direct link here: AEVidHere.

AcousticEnergy Nitely & ItFactor Resident-Like Father, Like Son

(AE on left & IT on right)
ItFactor Resident recently broke into the SL music scene and it should come as no surprise to us, as his real/first life father, AcousticEnergy Nitely, has been performing around the grid for quite some time now. AcousticEnergy Nitely has been wooing the women (and men too for that matter) with his smooth voice and adorable personality for longer than I've been in SL, but his 19 year old son, ItFactor has recently been joining him onstage and then on his own, for some fun entertainment for all of us to enjoy. I caught them at the beautiful Sweet Whisper, Magnolia Designs sim, (owned by Jessica Gabardini and Isabelle Brucato) and thought about switching on my Fraps to record a little just about the time IT was finishing, but I did happen to catch a little snip of a song and gained permissions to post from all associated parties later. I'm glad I did, as now I can show all my blog friends how cute the father son duo is. AE and IT are managed by SpiritFire Entertainment/Sher Salmson, a wonderful company managing many high profile SL musicians including ACOUSTICENERGY NITELY, BLUERON CLYBURN, CHRISTOPHER135 QUAN,DIGBY SMALLS,GABRYEL NYOKI, ITFACTOR, LIGHTHOUSE MIXMASTER,LOUIS VOLARE,& ZERBIE MAGIC. In the past I made a little video of Gab here: http://karasecondlife.blogspot.com/2010/06/gabryel-nyoki.html GabHereDirect. He's since improved his sound and he suggested I remake this video with a new soundtrack, but I have to say I love how he sounds in this. Check them all out some time. CONTACT SHER SALMSON for bookings: shersalmson@gmail.com