Name: Philip Rosedale & Wagner James Au on the future of Second Life & the Metaverse by Wagner James Au
Duration: 54 min 54 s
Description: Recorded in January 2022 after Philip Rosedale announced his return to Second Life development and plans to create a humane Metaverse, in conversation with Wagner James Au -- rough uncut edit for Philip's upcoming podcast show.

Please do keep talking for many more hours! This is so fascinating!

Annotations here: https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2022/01/wagner-james-au-philip-rosedale-metaverse-interview-second-life.html

aaah, mention of Fall again. I think about that book every day.

In 2022, what makes a video game or a metaverse interesting is its economy. If it's not "Play to Earn" it's not fun.

The hubs should be manned with someone with powers as those hubs could be a nice spot to gather and when having a person there the griefers get dealt with.

so many people put off with laggy areas when first coming to sl. for exanple the london sims. then there is the issue of nobody to help newbies. its a big learning curve for many. both these things result in people not coming back. i see it alot 

Millennium Bug Live 2018​-​2021 (GEN047) out now on Genot Centre on tape & digital.
Limited edition of 151 C36 tapes with on-body printing pro-dubbed by Headless Duplicated Tapes. 
https://genot.bandcamp.com/album/millennium-bug-live-2018-2021

Millennium Bug Live 2018-2021 (GEN047) by https://soundcloud.com/giantclaw presents an ensemble of living pieces, performance re-imaginings explicitly reframing these works as systems of possibilities and interpretations. Haptic, gestural, tense, constantly on the verge of transformation, these selected renditions reveal themselves not just as linearly sequenced polished constructions but as fluid textural zones to traverse freely, colorful scenes to zoom in and scope out of. Still, their presentation is no less lucid, precise or meticulous than the studio cuts, but offer clarification and new perception through staging them explicitly, resulting in a sound realm that is even more plastic, alive and in-your-face.

// About Millennium Bug Live 2018​-​2021 (GEN047)
/ Keith Rankin about the album
“Millennium Bug is a selection of live recordings from various performances I’ve done between 2018 to 2021. For my live setup I take apart tracks I’ve made on the computer, chopping them into miniature wav files and one-shots that can form new arrangements when loaded onto my Roland SPD-SX drum pad sampler. Most of the songs on Millennium Bug come from my albums ‘Soft Channel’ and ‘Mirror Guide’ except “Loner Bug” “Soft Target” and “Drops of Primed Water Leading to Another World” which are non-album pieces. 
I’ve always loved the actual act of performing music, but everything else surrounding IRL live shows has been a source of anxiety in my life since I was a teen. I used to perform constantly, almost masochistically trying to “face the fear” - but it never really went away, and it took a long time to accept that living the life of a touring musician wasn’t something I would be happy doing. Online streaming or pre-recorded events, especially in the past few years, have provided an outlet to perform without that anxiety, so I wanted to capture the period of time with a live album.”

/ Dave Shen about the album art
“After listening to Keith's demo, it gives me an immersive feeling. I feel that it is endowed with a strong "destructive power". This "power" provides a lot of inspiration for my cover creation. Behind this cover is actually a simple story, and I want this album to tell this story by itself. In this story, I refer to the monster "Taotie", which can devour everything, from the ancient Chinese book "Shan Hai Ching". I let it act as a destroyer and devour everything around it. In the process of constructing this story, I want to express is not only the act of destruction. Order and destruction exist like Yin and Yang of Tai Chi. They are balanced. In short, the inspiration for all this creation was born in the demo, which promoted the visual creation of this album.”

// Bio
https://soundcloud.com/giantclaw is the musical project of visual artist and https://soundcloud.com/orangemilk co-founder Keith Rankin. His music has explored a wide range of electronic music since the early 2010s (as Giant Claw and also as part of the groups death’s dynamic shroud and Cream Juice) and his visual art has been seen on album covers from artists like Rico Nasty to institutions like the MIT technology review. The most recent Giant Claw album ‘Mirror Guide’ was released in May 2021.

Music by https://soundcloud.com/giantclaw
Visual art by Dave Shen: https://daveshenwebsite.github.io

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Giant Claw - Soft Channel 002

Recorded in January 2022 after Philip Rosedale announced his return to Second Life development and plans to create a humane Metaverse, in conversation with Wagner James Au -- rough uncut edit for Philip's upcoming podcast show.

Philip Rosedale & Wagner James Au on the future of Second Life & the Metaverse

START AUDIO at 3:45: "Today we’re hosting a discussion on the opportunities for the music industry in the metaverse, featuring @cheriehu42, @Yung_Spielburg,
and @brodieconley in conversation with @slhamlet — author of ‘Why The Metaverse Matters'

The Metaverse & Music -- Wagner James Au w/Water & Music

The opening of "Making a Metaverse That Matters" by Wagner James Au (Wiley, 2023). 

Hear the whole thing at Audiobooks:

https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/making-a-metaverse-that-matters/692771

Read it here:

AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Metaverse-That-Matters-Fighting/dp/1394155816

BARNES & NOBLE: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/making-a-metaverse-that-matters-wagner-james-au/1142805430?ean=9781394155811

BOOKSHOP (benefits indie stores): https://bookshop.org/p/books/why-the-metaverse-matters-from-second-life-to-meta-beyond-the-promises-perils-of-the-next-generation-of-the-internet-wagner-james-au/19062667?ean=9781394155811

Philip Rosedale & Wagner James Au on the future of Second Life & the Metaverse

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