Live Music Survey: Who Are Your Favorite Folk, Bluegrass, Country, and Blues Performers in Second Life?

Here's the ten semifinalists for folk, bluegrass, country, and blues performers, chosen by NWN's panel from a massive reader open forum. Please choose your three personal favorites -- but before you do, be sure to check out any performer you aren't familiar with, in the YouTube videos I've embedded after the break.

Here's the list:

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VOTING ENDS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER! The most favored performers will be profiled in later New World Notes posts.

After the break, a sample of each performer. Whoever you vote for, do give a listen to some of the best artists in their respective genre performing in Second Life:

Mel Cheeky:

Tallguy Kidd:

Avatar Quinzet:

Von Johin:

Arman Finesmith:

Kelvinblue Oh:

JueL Resistance:

Cosmic Haystack:

Charles Bristol:

Komuso Tokugawa:

Comments

[Little Lost Linden]

Michael Jackson still isn't on the list. :(

This is a travesty considering he just bought himself an entire virtual planet.

http://thebotzone.net/2010/09/21/prepare-yourself-for-planet-michael/

[Komuso Tokugawa]

Hi,
I'd respectfully request to be removed from this poll/survey/swimsuit competition. As a rule I have never partaken in any SL/RL Music "popularity" contest, and will continue to do so.

The only metric of musical success I need is direct fan feedback - however long tailish small niche that may be. I am quite comfortable doing what I do, how I do it, and when I do it.

Michael Jackson can have my "nomination".

ty, and goodnight (in my best elvish voice).

KT
Bringing the Boogie to the Bitstream

[Dz Questi]

Well, Happy to see Von getting some respect... but who made up this list???? Wheres the Queen bee ( Noma Falta) and how can you not have Blu4u Nowicka on the list????

Komu's a tradition and i'm glad to see he isn't doing the swimsuit competition...

I retract my Vote for Komu and re-cast it for Noma Falta.... Wheres the write in crowd when you need to make a statement...

[Effie Emmons]

I, personally, would have been very interested in a write-in section. I think all surveys like this should have them. SL is so vast that not one avie knows everyone out there. Everyone's perspectives of SL is a sum of their experiences. I can think of MANY performers in this genre that were left off the list.

I often "show hop" by taking an hour and going down the events list. Staying at each show for about 2 songs gives me an idea of the performer. However, there are so many SL artists now that I rarely complete the list for the hour.

We have lots of great talent out there.

[Effie Emmons]

PS I realized I missed the orginal post from August. However, I have watched contests like this in-world and on blogs. It is a popularity contest of how many fans hit the submit button or vote on a board.

I'm guessing that most SL artists (at least the ones I know) would rather spend time on music than "rallying the troups."

[Eli Schlegal]

Yeah I would be writing in Noma and Tone Uriza, if I could.