Ben Folds Announces supersunnyspeedgraphic, the lp, Inaugural Launch Events in 3D Digital Universe, Second Life and MySpace.com.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- In an era when innovation and personalization abound, Ben Folds Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina[1]) is an American singer-songwriter and the former frontman of the musical group Ben Folds Five. emerges in the massively multiplayer 3-D Internet environment, Second Life, and on MySpace.com to celebrate his forthcoming Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG. Electric Light Orchestra, Ozzy Osbourne, Sade, Luther Vandross, Gloria Estefan, George Michael, Cyndi Lauper, and Duran Duran paved the way for Epic's multiplatinum 1980s and 1990s successes. release, supersunnyspeedgraphic, the lp, with two groundbreaking interactive launch events. You're invited! Epic Records is thrilled to announce that on Thursday, October 19th at 9PM EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT / 6PM PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT , Ben Folds will host an in-game chat and listening party in SONY BMG Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc. is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann) completed on August 5, 2004. MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT's amazing new city space on Media Island in Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com). Folds will interact and chat live with fans, as well as play songs from his new album, giving them a chance to be the first to hear the newly remastered tracks on this release, due in stores October 24th. Fans will also be able to hang in Ben's personal artist lounge that will showcase his images, information and streaming music and videos. Ben Folds "virtual merchandise" will also be available for purchase, including T-shirts, hats, posters, and other related goods. Earlier that same evening, Folds will help aloft, A Vision Of W Hotels, to celebrate the grand opening of an aloft hotel in Second Life, making aloft the world's first hotel brand to place a 3-D computer generated property inside a virtual world. This groundbreaking event will kick off with a virtual launch party in Second Life, from 7PM-9PM. At 8:40PM EDT/5:40 PM PDT, Ben will arrive on the virtual scene at aloft island to meet and greet partygoers there, and preview more tracks from supersunnyspeedgraphic, the lp. On release day, Tuesday, October 24th at 8PM EST/5 PM PDT, Ben Folds will launch the first live webcast on MySpace. Live from Nashville, Ben will use MySpace's first live webcast to interact directly with the community by using MySpace instant messenger AOL's instant messaging service. See AIM and instant messaging. to take requests direct from fans. MySpace will feature the live stream on Ben's MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/benfolds and will spotlight the live session for fans via the MySpace Video channel. With more than 118,000 friends, fans can use Ben's MySpace to see exclusive video footage, check tour dates as well as get information about upcoming albums and events. Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the lp, is a comprehensive collection of original songs culled from his rare EPs, b-sides, covers and film soundtrack appearances. In 2003, Ben released an unprecedented series of Internet only EPs exclusively for fans - exclusively online Super D, Sunny 16 and Speed Graphic - as well as The Bens EP with Ben Kweller Ben Kweller (born 16 June 1981, San Francisco, California) is an American rock musician. Biography Early life Ben Kweller was raised in a Jewish family in Greenville, Texas,[1] and was exposed to music at a very young age by his father Howie. and Ben Lee. For the first time, fans will be able to find selections from those EPs on the aptly titled supersunnyspeedgraphic, the lp, remastered and reworked, and all in one place. Catch Ben Folds currently on tour and online! Get details at: www.benfolds/secondlife, www.myspace.com/benfolds or www.benfolds.com. About Second Life: Created in 2003 by San-Francisco based Linden Lab Linden Lab is a privately held company based in San Francisco, California. Its CEO is Philip Rosedale, former CTO of Real Networks. Mitch Kapor is on the board of directors. The company was founded in 1999. The name comes from Linden Street, the street it was originally based on. , Second Life is a virtual online world where trendsetters are flocking to exchange ideas, egos and virtual property using "avatars," or highly-customized 3D representations of themselves. The Second Life environment enables players to create digital alter egos and exchange virtual currency for digitally rendered goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. , and boasts over 900,000 users worldwide. SONY BMG's, Ben Folds', and aloft's Second Life presence have been a collaboration with The Electric Sheep Company, a virtual world services company. |
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