Joaquin Gustav opened the show last night at Cat Boucher's Art MusikCircus and his first song was "Sunshine of My Life" which he does in a beautiful Latin style. Joaquin is in Argentina and, through Second Life, he can play live for Cat Boucher who lives in Germany and an audience that can come from just about anywhere. This makes for a wonderfully diverse mix of people, all enjoying Joaquin's performance as one of the most romantic entertainers in Second Life.
Joaquin continued with a surprising number of covers of pop songs, all of which he played with his own extraordinary style. He is quite fast on the guitar and yet there is always a lovely delicacy to the way he plays. While Joaquin always does such a beautiful job on these cover songs, I question whether they are his greatest strength as there is so much beautiful Latin music and he always does a masterful job in playing it. In his set he mixes both so do come to hear for yourself sometime!
Not long after he started, Joaquin was joined by The White Band, a trio of guitar players who played the accompaniment for Joaquin's lead. Note that this was virtual and The White Band wasn't really making any sound as the performance was coming entirely from Joaquin. Nevertheless, The White Band added a charming touch to the concert.
From left to right are Belethil Ishtari, Roza Raymaker, Joaquin Gustav, and Anja Tigerfish.
Here is another shot of The White Band, again with Anja, Belethil, and Roza:
Following Joaquin came Voodoo Shilton and he also plays a Latin style but it's quite different from that of Joaquin. There is probably no way to adequately describe this and, as with Joaquin, I recommend you come to Cat's Art MusikCircus on a Friday night to hear for yourself.
The White Band continued in their role as accompanists and also played for Voodoo. Here you can see them, now joined with several more helping as well:
From left to right are Anja Tigerfish, Lord Blithor Esharham, Belethil Ishtari, Roza Raymaker, Voodoo Shilton, and TrickY Ohh.
TrickY is not a member of The White Band but rather she is Voodoo's partner and, as you can see, they are partners in a musical sense too. However, just as with The White Band, TrickY is not really making any sound as she accompanies Voodoo by appearing on-stage with him and looking beautiful, particularly with her little red nose.
Voodoo Shilton has excellent guitar skills and often his set is more oriented toward jazz but last night he was playing songs with a more Latin feel. Although he plays extremely fast, I remarked at one point at the delicacy of his playing and he was pleased to see me say it as he wasn't sure if people get it. Rest assured that people get it, sir, as that's why we come!
Voodoo plays everything from covers of Chick Corea, for example "500 Miles," Django Reinhardt, and others to his own original compositions. My preference will almost always be for originals as I want to be surprised by what I hear although I do enjoy covers as well. This mix is tough for a performer as doing cover songs at all can wind up in a situation in which you're trapped by them and the audience expects you to play only music they know but Voodoo keeps quite a good balance on that.
And of course Cat and I danced:
My ol' Dad taught me a lot of things but he never taught me this move and if he could only see me now!
I delight in supporting Cat in her work at the Art MusikCircus and sometimes that's more than writing reports on the shows, etc:
So, ol' Dad, how am I doing! You worry about me dropping her? No chance, big guy, I won't let her fall!
Joaquin continued with a surprising number of covers of pop songs, all of which he played with his own extraordinary style. He is quite fast on the guitar and yet there is always a lovely delicacy to the way he plays. While Joaquin always does such a beautiful job on these cover songs, I question whether they are his greatest strength as there is so much beautiful Latin music and he always does a masterful job in playing it. In his set he mixes both so do come to hear for yourself sometime!
Not long after he started, Joaquin was joined by The White Band, a trio of guitar players who played the accompaniment for Joaquin's lead. Note that this was virtual and The White Band wasn't really making any sound as the performance was coming entirely from Joaquin. Nevertheless, The White Band added a charming touch to the concert.
From left to right are Belethil Ishtari, Roza Raymaker, Joaquin Gustav, and Anja Tigerfish.
Here is another shot of The White Band, again with Anja, Belethil, and Roza:
Following Joaquin came Voodoo Shilton and he also plays a Latin style but it's quite different from that of Joaquin. There is probably no way to adequately describe this and, as with Joaquin, I recommend you come to Cat's Art MusikCircus on a Friday night to hear for yourself.
The White Band continued in their role as accompanists and also played for Voodoo. Here you can see them, now joined with several more helping as well:
From left to right are Anja Tigerfish, Lord Blithor Esharham, Belethil Ishtari, Roza Raymaker, Voodoo Shilton, and TrickY Ohh.
TrickY is not a member of The White Band but rather she is Voodoo's partner and, as you can see, they are partners in a musical sense too. However, just as with The White Band, TrickY is not really making any sound as she accompanies Voodoo by appearing on-stage with him and looking beautiful, particularly with her little red nose.
Voodoo Shilton has excellent guitar skills and often his set is more oriented toward jazz but last night he was playing songs with a more Latin feel. Although he plays extremely fast, I remarked at one point at the delicacy of his playing and he was pleased to see me say it as he wasn't sure if people get it. Rest assured that people get it, sir, as that's why we come!
Voodoo plays everything from covers of Chick Corea, for example "500 Miles," Django Reinhardt, and others to his own original compositions. My preference will almost always be for originals as I want to be surprised by what I hear although I do enjoy covers as well. This mix is tough for a performer as doing cover songs at all can wind up in a situation in which you're trapped by them and the audience expects you to play only music they know but Voodoo keeps quite a good balance on that.
And of course Cat and I danced:
My ol' Dad taught me a lot of things but he never taught me this move and if he could only see me now!
I delight in supporting Cat in her work at the Art MusikCircus and sometimes that's more than writing reports on the shows, etc:
So, ol' Dad, how am I doing! You worry about me dropping her? No chance, big guy, I won't let her fall!
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