Hi! This is the gig diary about The RAILS Band and our shows live on-line, with a full avatar visual representation in Second Life. (For more info. on SL, please see www.secondlife.com)

Not in Second Life but would still like to hear the show? Listen and see the live-stream from anywhere by visiting our website at www.therails.ca Yes, we now have cameras in our studio!

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We are a band from Toronto, who have been playing together for 6 years. Our music is original indie rock with a punkish edge. We are currently working on our second studio recording.

The avatar line-up includes Lolly Gladstone on vocals and keys, Jeremy Barracuda on electric guitar and harmonies and Chops Baxton on drums. (In real life, we are Loulou, Nick and Niall)

We began to perform within Second Life in Feb 2007. The full band is usually in SL for one show per week, but sometimes Lolly & Jeremy do a duet act too, backed by a vintage drum machine called an Oberheim.

In addition to presenting good original musical entertainment in Second Life, our goal here is to make the visual aspect of a performance interesting too, through the use of clothing, props and animations. We try to show the audience a good time!

We like to play in Second Life because it allows us to reach a worldwide audience, and the gear is so much lighter to carry around from gig to gig.

The positions taken by the Rails Avatar Band in these pictures are dependent upon poses that other creators make, using an outside program. Without the pose makers we could not create the avatar dioramas that we do. Thanks to them.

If your name has been included in an entry and you'd rather it not be, please contact me (Lolly Gladstone).

If you'd like to find our group in-world, please search for The Rails Band Group.

Or join our new subscribe-o-matic within Second Life, at any show!

To find our myspace music player push the button above.