{"id":7670,"date":"2024-12-16T06:30:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.zoha-islands.com\/?p=7670"},"modified":"2024-12-16T06:30:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:30:24","slug":"watch-amazing-second-life-machinima-promotes-new-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/watch-amazing-second-life-machinima-promotes-new-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Amazing Second Life Machinima Promotes New Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-header\">And Helps It Get Real Life Radio Airplay!<\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-body\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Odj_AYVxXCs?si=myU07xwKJiOy1l5s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is a beautiful new machinima from <a href=\"https:\/\/nwn.blogs.com\/nwn\/2022\/11\/sl-machinima-teal-aurelia-creators.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">auteur Teal Aurelia<\/a>, but with a special new twist: It&#8217;s also a promotion for a track from real life pop singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@seminalive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEMINA<\/a>, who&#8217;s had several hits in her home country in the EU, but had her music career undone by the recent pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[I] was preparing for a tour when COVID hit and it all went to hell,&#8221; as she puts it to me. &#8220;The tour was cancelled and I thought I&#8217;d never do this again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That led her to performing in Second Life (&#8220;it filled somewhat of a emotional void&#8230; it was enough for me not to lose my mind during the lockdown&#8221;) &#8212; and led her to discovering Teal:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"entry-more\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bf74053ef02e860dce747200b img-responsive alignnone\" title=\"Semina music SL machinima\" src=\"https:\/\/nwn.blogs.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bf74053ef02e860dce747200b-800wi\" alt=\"Semina music SL machinima\" width=\"800\" height=\"422\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I knew I wanted to make a teaser for the single where the two worlds meet. It was easy to take a step into the metaverse but to take a step out of it with my own songs and not just the covers that the show goers are used to and still keep their interest was a little bit different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After reaching out to Teal, she shared artwork that helped inspire the SL machinima:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I showed her my visuals through the paint doodles and Pinterest and somehow she put it together to a beautiful teaser. The video is full of easter eggs for the upcoming five track EP as it&#8217;s leading in to the first single.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of which, a funny thing happened when Teal put the video online: Someone working at an EU radio station saw it, reached out to Semina &#8212; and put the song into airplay rotation! (I&#8217;m omitting the specific nation for privacy reasons, but if you&#8217;re in the European Union, check your local station.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The video has surely caught the attention of RL media,&#8221; Semina says, stoically. &#8220;What will happen, time will tell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for the song, hear the whole thing here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6jXXUFgJwHM?si=Wh3PUUcz6SA9VnDj\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1GGmxaKujr2tn8lNoLcWs8?si=73009857112341e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The track is also available on Spotify here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Stay Tuned For NOCTURNE PROJECT UPDATES Coming this week!<\/h2>\n<h3>Have a great week from all of us at Zoha Islands Fruit Islands and Nocturne Project.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And Helps It Get Real Life Radio Airplay! This is a beautiful new machinima from auteur Teal Aurelia, but with a special new twist: It&#8217;s also a promotion for a track from real life pop singer SEMINA, who&#8217;s had several hits in her home country in the EU, but had her music career undone by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/watch-amazing-second-life-machinima-promotes-new-song\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,3,4,5,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}