Music Review: jaynine Scarborough @ Appassionato Concert Hall

Second Life Live Music Review
Written by Enniv Zarf
Classical Music in Second Life
jaynine Scarborough
Appassionato Resort SLURL

I am a classically trained musician so any time there is a classical musician on and I'm free on Second Life, I try to pop over and support them.

I did pop over at the beginning of the concert to hear her, but left to another concert since it was having a late start. But now I'm back!

Jaynine performed a mix of classic and folk songs in the concert today, and her voice is gorgeous. To top it off she plays her own guitar to accompany her own singing of even some opera tunes. That's really a rare find. Fantastic.

Today she sings at the Appassionato Resort, which is ran by Young Zeid and Izabela Jaworower both real life violinists. I'm very happy to know that there are a few very fantastic classical venue here with wonderful classical musicians. In general classical concerts tends to be more reliable in quality, but there are the occasional fluke like an earlier review I did, but I won't go into that again.

Jaynine definitely has a wonderful classical voice, very powerful and very dramatic. I do wish that I could hear her live in real life one day, but I'll settle for even Second Life any day.

Along with her singing, Jaynine has a very beautiful tone in her guitar playing. It does compliment her singing today, especially many of her folk songs. They just carry through this really wonderful sweetness that really resonate and echoes the feel of tranquility of the great open outdoors. I absolutely love folk songs. The simplicity of these music are just divine.

Jaynine does have her own style to her singing and adds definitely her own touch to the music and song. The way she takes brings out the wonderful harmonies, especially the distant chords are just special and heavenly. Her sustain notes are solid and carries fluidly from one to another effortlessly. What more can I ask for on a beautiful Tuesday morning then a lovely voice carrying through solidly beautiful folk songs!

Later in concert, she performed a fun dance song that's just funny in a very good way. It's absolutely a treat to hear a well trained, well rehearsed classical musician doing a funny song and just having a fun time.

To top it off, she even sings Beatles, and her take on it is just so different and unique. It really is different to hear her do Eleanor Rigby, it's just nifty to hear some of the stuff she does with her voice. She really takes her liberty, mixing in her classical training with some pop elements and even some contemporary vocal techniques delivering just simply a fascinating yet still fantastic rendition of this classical Beatles song. Though someone at one point said Paul MacCarthy sucks compared to this in open chat, I would say it sure is a different experience, one that should be experienced by anyone who just loves music and wants to hear boundaries broken and lines crossed.

Don't think of jaynine as your typical Classical artist that your parents knew from the opera house. Jaynine will surprise you with just about anything and everything that comes out of her mouth is guaranteed to be awesome.

Whether you are a classical music lover or just a voice lover, I think you will love Jaynine's singing of folk songs. Somehow I always envision scenes from Lord of the Ring whenever I hear these sorts of song sung in this beautiful manner. It's not heavy classical. She doesn't give me the let's vibrato the heck out of the voice type of singing. She understand the nature of folk songs and delivers them with elegance and grace.

So if you are looking for something sweet, something beautiful, something fun and fantastic, delivered by a wonderful musician and a brilliant performer, I highly recommend Jaynine to anyone who loves a great voice in Second Life.