Review: Joaquin Gustav @ CATs Club

Written by Enniv Zarf
Second Life Indie Music Review
Joaquin's Website
CATs Club SLURL

Joaquin Gustav have got to be one of my favorite if not the favorite guitarist in all of Second Life, and I'm very glad to have caught the IM about his music today!

Origianlly from Argentina, I believe Joaquin is actually still there and streaming from there, which is a definitely change of pace from most musicians in SL who's from the US or Europe that I know.

Joaquin plays classical guitar, but performs a lot of pop tunes along with various latin mixes of music.

It's always different to listen in on a live stream of a non-native English speaker, though his English is very good. He does have his Latin American accent which is also a nice different sound and works very well with his music of course.

Listening to his performance almost feels like I'm standing in the middle of some South American plaza and is a very fun feel. I did arrive about 35 minutes after the hour to his concert so I didn't hear the beginning and I think he was kind of at his bottom of the hour slow down so not a whole lot was really happening when I first got there.

Later in the hour he also sang a Bassa Nova tune that was pretty fun to listen to. Now although I would not put Joaquin among the greatest singers alive, but he is fun to listen to and fitting to what he's playing. And he didn't have any pitch problems that I hear in even some of the actual performers who are known as singers. Joaquin's singing did however really transported me off to a different world, making me feel like I am in a different land, experiencing a different culture. And I think this is actually the first time I heard him sing, or maybe I just didn't remember the other times since usually he only plays guitar.

His guitar playing techniques is flawless and just exceptional. The tones that comes of his guitar is just pretty and beautiful all the way. It's like little bursts of heaven in little bubbles popping, releasing those little tasty tidbits of wonderfulness through the computer monitor.

So if you ever want to hear a great guitar player on Second Life, Joaquin is definitely on my must listen to list of guitarists to listen to in the Metaverse!

Alright I get to enjoy another 10 more minutes of Joaquin's music before I head off to yet another online concert on this Black Friday. I guess no photography for me today!