FABULOUS FOUR "Music History"

by jenny heying

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Something that is rare in Second Life® is duos, more of a rarity is a trio and next to impossible is a quartet. It’s not that artists won’t perform together; it’s just that limitations within this virtual world don’t make it a practical reality. But Sunday night at Lil Egypt, that’s exactly what happened. Yes four performers, together, performing together. I’m not sure if it’s a first, but it was for me.

The Fabulous Four, as they were billed, were none other than Erin68 Frog, ZDiva Sorbet, Satin Galli and Diesel Karillion. The four took the stage after some extreme difficulty getting to the sim in front of a packed house of over 75 people.


Opening with ZDiva/Satin performing “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” set the pace for an hour of duos and solos from these incredible artists. This was to be an evening like no other in Second Life®. Erin/Diesel followed with “It’s Your Love” and then an Erin solo of “Songbird”.

Streaming from their living room in Wisconsin, the four made music history putting on a show that hopefully will be the start of many more to come. The vocals and backing tracks came through clearly and with the incredible lag we were suffering from, that was amazing. It took over half the show for the grey to disappear, but it was worth it.

I had never seen Diesel perform before, so when he launched into “Nothing Left To Lose”, my jaw dropped. Diesel’s voice was incredible and he did the song perfectly. It seemed to get quiet when he sang. And just as I was getting over his singing, ZDiva jumped in with “I Didn’t Come Here” and I was mesmerized. These were incredible performances.

Not to be outdone, Satin did a great cover of “Cruel To Be Kind” while Erin and ZDiva sang together on “Tell Him”. But really, no matter who sang, it was simply put, beautiful.

Second Life® performers have come a long way since the early days. They began simply with vocals to backing tracks and since then have added their own music, duets, and now groups performing together. It’s a marvelous thing for residents to enjoy. Let’s hope it continues. It’s one of the things in this virtual world that does seem to work properly.

The evening continued with choice memorable songs like “Wayfaring Stranger”, “SOS”, “Miss Me Baby” and ZDiva closing the show with an earth shattering “I Feel The Earth Move”.

New and exiting things happen in Second Life® and I’m glad I got to witness one of them. While each of these performers is amazing on their own or in duets, putting all four together was genius. It was more than an event, it was a happening. Now if we could just get Linden Lab® to deal with all the other issues, things would be perfect. But I dream.

Sadly the show ended far too quickly and the Fabulous Four were off to do another of their three concert performance this night. I know the next crowd won’t know what they’re in store for but they’ll find out. We need more of this. Way to go.