Hey, PoppaGator. In what way are your performances "imaginary"?

The learning curve is a bit steep at the beginning in Second Life, but don't let that stop you if you want to participate there. They have an orientation island and a help island for people who are just starting out, and there are a lot of mentors (including people like me).

My sister has a bar there (Oceanside Bar), and they are also a live music venue for anyone who might be interested. They're not quite so much folk as the other venues I mentioned, more singer/songwriter sort of thing, but they do like to support live music in Second Life. (Live in the same sense that a TV or radio show might be broadcast live.)

Second Life is a lot like the real world in that there are all kinds of things going on. There are a lot of things that I, personally, want no part of (a lot of commercialism, gaming, and sex industry stuff). But there's enough stuff that I like to make me glad I joined. And it is possible to avoid having any contact with the distasteful stuff.