Biography
(Raleigh, NC) A growing music scene has landed in the virtual world.
Shiger Seattle is a popular singer/songwriter in the virtual community of Second Life. He hails from Raleigh, NC, and has built a global following performing concerts over the internet.
Shiger (she-ger) was recently selected to perform at the 2007 Second Life Community Convention in Chicago.
His audience has grown worldwide. While about 75-percent of his fans are in the U.S., server statistics show listeners from around the globe including China, UK, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Japan, Australia, Brazil and more.
Shiger Seattle’s success in Second Life has enabled him to release his self-titled debut CD in August 2007. The collection of new rock acoustic-based songs blends rock, alternative and blues influenced music.
The independent disc was recorded at Osceola Studios in Raleigh, NC. The recording studio is well known as a Southeastern powerhouse and has recorded the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Velvet Revolver among many others. The CD was recorded by producer Dick Hodgin (Hootie and the Blowfish, Cravin' Melon, Flat Duo Jets) and mixed by Grammy-nominated Ian Schreier.
The new CD features Shiger Seattle on vocals and acoustic guitar, Barry Briggs on electric guitar, Leo Kishore on bass and recent 96 Rock (WBBB-FM) drum-off champion Matt Spinak.
The first single off of the new CD is titled Someone Else and captures Shiger Seattle's experience in Second Life.
I want to know what it's like to be someone else
I want to step inside another's head
Meet me at your safest secret corner
I want to see the world through those eyes
I want to know what it's like
I want a second life
I want another try
I want to know what it's like to be someone else
The Shiger Seattle CD is available on the web at www.shigerseattle.com.
Instrumentation
Shiger Seattle - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Discography
LP - Shiger Seattle (self-titled debut 2007)
Single - Someone Else (2007)
Single - Raging Fire (2008)
Links
| http://www.shigerseattle.com |