Dolmere's Basstastic Perversion Info (Press Kit)
This entry contains information about Dolmere's Basstastic Perversions - bass and vocals only "live music" performances within the virtual world of Second Life.
(Dolmere, pronounced Dole-mare, if you care)
BIO
Dolmere Talamasca is a resident of Second Life who has worn many hats since his account creation in September of 2005. He's been a volunteer and greeter at The Shelter. He has built game shows, hosted game shows and booked live music at The Shelter and The Shelter in Swinside. He's been a vendor with free items from his Building Shelter game show, inexpensive T-Shirts and more.
Dolmere's most recent endeavor is as a live musician strictly within the virtual world of Second Life. Dolmere uses GarageBand to pre-record backing tracks with his bass guitar and sings live over the top of that. By recording multiple tracks he is able to "round out the sound" of a song with an instrument that is not typically used in solo performances.
Towards the end of 2006 he decided to look into the idea of performing solo shows with just his voice and his bass guitar. He started listening for and making notes of songs that would be best "basstastically perverted" or performed with a few bass tracks while still managing to convey the meaning of the original piece. Around the middle of May in 2007 Dolmere started performing his live shows in Second Life. He's been adding songs and friends since then.
IN THE PRESS
SLNN article written by Dixie Starr in May 2007.
"Talamasca took what some would say a brave, new approach to bringing music into SL."
SLCN's Tonight Live with Paisley Beebe interview in October 2007.
SONG LIST
Dolmere performs a WIDE variety of songs in any given set. Venue owners and operators are welcome to request lighter or heavier sets, explicit or non-explicit, or devil-may-care-whatever-Dolmere-feels-like sets.
Please note that since the basstastically perverted songs are pre-recorded and contain multiple bass tracks it's not really possible for Dolmere to perform requests on-the-fly during a live performance. Requests should be restricted to the list shown below if you'd like to hear them right away, or you could message Dolmere with a request for a new song recognizing that it takes time to review, evaluate them for perversion possibilities, and put the recordings together.
- --LIGHTER FARE--
- Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (YouTube Teaser)
- Johnny Cash - Cry Cry Cry
- The Association - Never My Love (YouTube Teaser)
- Ben E. King - Stand By Me
- Judas Priest - Epitaph
- Concrete Blonde / Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows
- The Police - Walking On The Moon
- The Cure - Lullaby
- The Cure - Love Song
- The Cure - Just Like Heaven
- The Beatles - Something
- The Beatles - With A Little Help
- The Beatles - Come Together
- The Doors - The Crystal Ship
- Seal - Crazy
- Macy Gray - I Try
- Pink Floyd - Goodbye Cruel World
- Cylindrian Rutabaga aka Grace Buford - Mattie's Runaway Train (Teaser on Paisley Beebe Interview)
- Melvin Took aka Peter Greenstone - When I Grow Up
- Danzig - I'm The One (YouTube Teaser)
- War - Low Rider
- Dion - Runaround Sue
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner
- Bill Withers / Freddie King - Ain't No Sunshine
- James Brown - I Feel Good (YouTube Teaser)
- Oak Ridge Boys - Elvira
- Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Mash
- --GETTING WEIGHTIER--
- Creedence Clearwater Revival / Screaming Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
- The Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation
- The Who - Behind Blue Eyes (YouTube Teaser)
- Country Joe McDonald & The Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag (YouTube Teaser)
- Sean Paul - Temperature (Misheard lyrics version)
- The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
- Manic Street Preachers / M.A.S.H. - Suicide Is Painless
- blink-182 - Miss You
- Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare (YouTube Teaser)
- Jimi Hendrix Experience - Manic Depression / Hey Joe (Medley)
- M.O.D. - Ode To Harry
- Seven Mary Three - Cumbersome
- Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
- Danzig - Bodies
- Danzig - Her Black Wings
- Radiohead - Creep (EXPLICIT, Censored version available on request)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Pea (EXPLICIT, Censored version available on request) (YouTube Teaser)
- --HEAVY, HEAVY--
- Filter - Hey Man Nice Shot
- The Accused - The Maddest Story Ever Told
- GWAR - Sick Of You
- Marilyn Manson - The Dope Show
- Korn - Freak On A Leash
- Nine Inch Nails - Sin
- Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidla Failure (Reworked slightly as SLuicidal Failure)
- Incubus - Meglomaniac
- Pro-Pain - One Man Army
- Grinspoon - More Than You Are
- Nine Inch Nails - Closer (EXPLICIT, Censored version available on request)
- The Greenskeepers - Lotion (EXPLICIT, Censored version available on request)
- Type O Negative - Black No. 1 (EXPLICIT, Censored version available on request)
- Dead Kennedys - Forward To Death (EXPLICIT)
- Tenacious D - Fuck Her Gently (EXPLICIT, Censored version available on request)
- The Dogs Of Pleasure - I'm Not Well (EXPLICIT, Censored version available on request)
- AC/DC - Rock & Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
- AC/DC - Jailbreak (*With guitar track)
- AC/DC - You Shook Me (*With guitar track)
- AC/DC - Hells Bells (*With guitar track)
- AC/DC - Ride On (*With guitar track)
- AC/DC - Back in Black (*With guitar track)
FEES
Professional musicians within Second Life have set fees that they require in order to play a show, particularly high profile shows.
I'm a hobbyist, not a professional musician.
If you would like to book me in your venue please make an offer that you think is a fair base payment and it'll surely be accepted. Thanks.
PICTURES
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/altamura/2059284258/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roenik/2042041842/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/altamura/sets/72157602777471724/