Reflection and Opening Day!

Wow, it's weird that I created this blogpost account in January and then read about when Free Bird first came to my mind. Funny that at that point I was nowhere near the beginning stages of creating a social hangout, and now I have Free Bird up and running. I wish I would have been blogging more throughout the process because it would be interesting to remember all the little steps it took to get here. It's totally cool to look back on a little idea in a blog and see that it actually materialized. :)

Free Bird, in my opinion, has been a complete success. I'm not in it for making any money (thank God because I would seriously be in trouble! Just ask my husband! lol), and my soul purpose, as stated before, was to bring people together to enjoy music. Opening day provided a wonderful opportunity for just that.

DJ Harlow kicked the opening off with an amazing set of tunes!! I met Dj Harlow just days before opening and instantly fell in love with her! She owns a terrific coffee shop called the Pixel Bean and it has been my own little secret getaway for weeks before I met her. As we talked we realized we had a lot of common ideas for our venues that we wanted to share and link the venues as sister-venues. I was totally game and I'm completely ecstatic to have such a wonderful friend as well as pocket-DJ and business partner.

Moon Spark- GAWD! Can this girl kick any more ass?! Her version of The Cranberries's "Zombie" was AMAZING!!! Her voice is so unique and powerful for such a small cute woman! She wins the crowd over with her cute laugh and charm, and then she blows them away with her powerful vocal chords and soulful execution. Moon, you are amazing, I love you dearly, muah muah muah!

Jukebox Diesel- Wow. Really? I have to describe him with words? Can't I just drool over the keyboard and you understand how completely amazing and awesome and sexy his yummy Scottish accent is? Not to mention what he does with his fingers! Oh yeah, he plays guitar and sings too! LOL! Juke is very special to me, and one of the only people I've ever truly trusted in SL. He's a great guitarist, a great singer, and a wonderful, caring, and kind friend. Love you Juke. Thank you so much for playing at Free Bird! muuah!

Voodoo Shilton- This guy... amazing. Voodoo BUILT Free Bird. How can I possibly thank him enough? Voo has been an inseparable part of my SL since I met him, and I've been lucky to discover his many talents. "Oh, I can build. Want me to build Free Bird?". "Oh, I can script, you want me to make that for you?". "Oh, I can sing and play guitar, would you like me to play at Free Bird?" Umm.... his talents are endless and on top of ALL of that he is the sweetest, most compassionate guy you'll find in SL. Everyone loves him and it's easy to see why! I'm so happy that when you perform everyone gets to see how wonderful and talented you are and I hope you will play at Free Bird often!

Tribbs Nirvana- Omg. I love her. I truly truly love her. She was my first musical discovery. Up until I met Tribbs I has been told about musicians or tped to a show. Well, one day I just started tping around to events on my own, and I stopped at the... was it the Ruins or the Abyss... I forget, but I heard this strong, powerful, sexy voice and I knew I found a musical gem! Upon my further harassment and public crush over this amazing artist, she finally warmed up to her crazy fanatic that came to EVERY show. Luckily, all that crazy fandom paid off because she agreed to play at Free Bird's opening day and she rocked it!!!! Everyone loves her conversations with the audience and are equally entertained by her fun, light-hearted set. Tribbs, my lover, i love you. Thank you for everything. Thank you for being such a good friend. Muuaah!

The Lohners- Ahhhh!!!! When Lacy did "Mother, Mother" I nearly peed my pants! Ok, not really, but I don't know of another hyperbolic idiom that suits the excited mood I had for their performance! I first saw Lacey and Lugg about a week before the opening at their own venue and I FELL IN LOVE with this hilarious and oober talented couple. Their hilarious banter between sets and their amazing live band sound makes them an instant favorite. I am so lucky they agreed to play for our Opening Day and they were the perfect band to end with! Lugg, Lacey, you are sooooooo cool and I can't thank you enough for your support! muahhhh!!!


Oh yeah, and I just wanna take a moment to brag at my own personal venue stat. The day of the opening, my traffic was over 15,700. Trafficgasm!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Oh, and I took pictures but I didn't save them to my hard drive. If anyone has pictures of the event I'd love to put them in this blog)