Charter… 2009!

Pop Art Lab wish U all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2009 will be focusing on consolidate and keep pushing the 2-D web into 3-D. As a start we set up a new site to socialize the 3-D Pop Art Lab members into 2-D – still beta but feel free to join!

Long before the birth of Pop Art Lab I set up my MySpace account and I finally decided to share 2-3 years of music which in some way impressed me during officehours! Go check it out lots of cool music there!

Speaking…. picking up the pieces -> popartlab.com will be launched 2009 and try to incorporate all features ONE place!

Tx for all the support!

Pop Vox vol. 1: Greg Hawkes (The Cars)

In cooperation with SLCN.TV Pop Art Labs coming TV specials can be watched under the Pop Vox moniker.

Coming TV shows are set up to push RL artists opportunities in virtual enviroments as well as pushing the Second Life platform into further developments.

Pop Art Lab Press

Pop Art Lab makes real-world music discovery social. Through a virtual environment accessible to anyone with Second Life installed on their computer, PAL attracts visitors with regularly updated socialized listening booths for previewing full-length recordings from some of the top names in electronica, rock, r&b/hiphop, and pop. In addition, real world talent performs on stage with the help of Treet.tv and artists’ managers before a growing number of PAL enthusiasts. Pop Art Lab intends to drive real-world recording industry marketing and consumer engagement within Second Life by developing an easy method for plugging in their products, performers, and promotions into an already thriving community of music evangelists and peer influeners


FURTHER INFO HERE:


Official Pop Art Lab Press Info
Introduction
Pop Art Lab Member of the Second Life Solution Provider Program

Happy Birthday Pop Art Lab by Cyberloom

Pop Art Lab celebrates its first birthday by Apollo Manga

The Sound of the Future [Pop Art Lab] by Persia Bravin 
Guest visits Pop Art Lab
Pop Art Lab & Treet.TV
Pop Vox TV Blog
PAL/Treet.TV Series Pop Vox
Pop Art Lab in Treet.TV RealBiz
“The Cars” Greg Hawkes live at PAL by Andrew Hellershanks
(Download pdf -> page 13) 
Max Morgan Plays PAL – Press Release
Review of Max Morgan gig by Persia Bravin

RE: Greg Hawkes Info

Second Life, December 12, 2008 — Greg Hawkes performed his first ever live concert within an entirely virtual environment. The event attracted international attention from Australia to Denmark.

“If it sounds like a sci-fi movie, well…it is…but one in which the plot is self-determined, as if the audience of a theatre could participate first hand in the events on screen. And so it was that Greg Hawkes, virtually speaking that is, teleported into this brave new world and onto the stage of Pop Art Lab last Friday, to an excited and virtual crowd of cheering avatars.” – Gaius Luminos, Galaxy Productions

“The most amazing thing was that almost everything happened on the fly with 10 human beings 10 different places in the world. Even Greg Hawkes’ avatar was handled from Copenhagen. It was so real. It’s the balance between real and surreal that will kick the web into new horizons in the future.” – Claus Uriza, owner Pop Art Lab

The show was an international collaboration. Greg Hawkes performed live at Cybersounds Studio in Boston, Mass. alongside producer and owner Perry Geyer. The Austrailian 3D TV station SLCN handled filming, and all voice was delivered through both Skype VOIP and Second Life Voice.

The concert was preceded by a 30 min. interview wherein Greg discussed his career spanning from the late 60s until now. Access was limited to 40 avatars for the televised production. The 60 minute set was comprised of Cars classics, songs from his up and coming alternative band ‘Fierce Tibetan Gods,’ and Beatles songs from his new cd “The Beatles Uke” .

“Second Life is an ideal platform for music performances to take place with online participants attending from all corners of the globe. The Pop Art Lab series bringing real world musical acts into the virtual world is extremely exciting and SLCN are pleased to be involved in the broadcast of these events.” – Starr Sonic, Executive Producer of SLCN.TV

“This is one of the first of many similar real world musical acts entering Second Life. The show was intimate, refreshingly real, and fantastic!” – Claus Uriza

How it worked:
Show run by Pop Art Lab, a company providing exposure for new cds and promoting real-life artists within Second Life
Coordinated through Gaius Luminos (SL), Galaxy Productions an artists management company in Second Life
Televised by SLCN.tv, Second Life’s largest TV company bringing the news from the grid
Made possible through Perry Geyer, Cybersound Studios NYC and Boston
SL tech./supp.: Persia Bravin co-host (SL), JenzZa Misfit animations (SL) Metanomics, Mankind Tracer soundtech. (SL)
Opening acts for Greg Hawkes: Starflower Orbit (SL), Jambo Losangeles (SL)
Architechture 3D designs/moderation: Xray Haller, Emily Hifeng (Pop Art Lab)

Greg Hawkes’ new cd, “The Beatles Uke” (Solid Air Records) was released November 18th and is also available on iTunes.

RE: The Cars Greg Hawkes A Thrilling Event!

Greg Hawkes blew everyone away last night with the best concert I’ve seen in SL so far! During his set the following crossed my mind.
Pop Art Lab made a show where I was in Copenhagen interviewing Greg Hawkes from Cybersound Studio in Boston. We handled 4 on Skype voice, 3 on SL Voice and dozens of inworld IMs and open chatlines. Wow thats communication 2008! At Gregs side Perry Geyer the highly resepected producer running Cybersound was on Skype ensuring all the tech stuff and audio was streamed perfect. On cell was SL musician Mankind Tracer aka Seth Regan giving tech. support. On Skype too SLCN.TVs executive producer Starr Sonic and her highly professional staff mostly live from Austrailia. In Pop Art Lab Persia Bravin helped me running interview from Wales, Emily Hifeng (PAL Officer) moderated the audience inworld while having her tea in France. Gregs alt. avatar doing the performance/animation Claus Furischer was located in Copenhagen Denmark. JenzZa Misfit, Metanomics controlled our sit animations. My Pop Art Lab staff was in New Jersey US, Austrailia and Los Angeles. The Cybersound Studio inworld manager Gauis Luminos was in Colerado US. My very best friend was in Buenos Aires, Argentina. To sum up it was truely amazing to connect all you sweet people from around the world and create what to me was the most amazing event I’ve experienced in virtual worlds so far! Huge applause to the entire crew especially Gregs manager Gauis Luminos from Galaxy Productions and Greg. Nice and interesting to see how a production can be made by 15 ppl. sitting 15 diffrent places real life and be able to get all running. Wow I love it!
Add:
Pics tx Ryan!
Greg Hawkes official website
Cybersound Studio, Boston

Claus Uriza, Pop Art Lab

Greg Hawkes The Cars / The New Cars Dec. the 12th @ PAL!!!

Friday December the 12th at Pop Art Lab

12 PM SLT: Greg Hawkes interview at Pop Art Lab TV Studio

Live concerts:

1 PM SLT: Opening acts Starflower Orbit (US) plus TBA

2 PM SLT: Greg Hawkes (US)

It’s a great pleasure to announce Greg Hawkes will come visit us inworld! Greg was the synth/keyboard player in the US new wave icons The Cars back in the 70-80s. The Cars is to this day one of MTVs most played artists! As a member of The Cars Greg even played the huge Live-Aid Concert back in the 80s as well as sessioned with Paul McCartney!

Our brand new 3D TV studio will host the video interview streamed live from one of the East Coasts most respected recording studioes Perry Geyers Cybersound Studio in Boston. In cooperation with SLCN we intend to create the highest quality 3D music TV show seen so far in virtual worlds.

Greg will perform classic Cars tunes as well as tunes from his just released ukulele CD “The Beatles Uke” (Solid Air Records).

Greg Hawkes is represented inworld by Gaius Luminos and Galaxy Productions.

The event will be live broadcast from 12 PM SLT on http://www.slcn.tv/ , then archived.