The Neil Young Archives

Zak Claxton’s Neil Young Archives is a compact but effective tour of the artist’s work. You can listen to some of Young’s work whilst browsing the visual discography or replicas of Young’s favorite instruments.

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Zak Claxton’s take on it all:

“Neil Young is a personal favorite musician and songwriter of mine, as well as someone who has embraced change and technological advancement throughout his long career. After about eight months as an SL resident, acquiring some building skills and so on, I decided that building a tribute of sorts to an artist for whom I have the utmost respect would be a good use of my time in SL. Plus, I felt that other residents of SL who happen to be fans of Neil Young would really enjoy visiting and learning more about him.

BUT WAIT. THERE’S MORE.

I’ve named the area “Zak Claxton’s SL Neil Young Archives” for a rather tongue-in-cheek reason. In case you’re unaware, Neil and his team have been working on a massive project called the Neil Young Archives for many years, beginning back in 1991 I believe. The latest incarnation of the Archvies is a 2-DVD, 8-CD set of music and media collected over Neil’s career, with over 40 years worth of rare and unreleased material included. Unfortunately, the project has been delayed for over a decade while Neil tinkers with it. It was actually just daleyed yet again, with the most recent date being early 2008 on Reprise Records.

In any case, my SL Neil Young Archives was built as a true labor of love. I don’t intend on selling anything there through which I could profit, even on the microscopic scale of Second Life. It’s my goal to merely give SL residents a place to enjoy Neil, his music, and explore the mystique around one of music’s most enigmatic icons. It was built with the highest level of respect.

Lastly, while I’ve just begun announcing the SL Archives’ existence, I don’t feel it’s anywhere near complete. It’s a slow process for me (I have things like a job and a family to take care of while I’m not playing around in world), but I will be continuing to add to and build on the SL Neil Young Archives for quite some time. I hope people really dig it. If I do it right, even those who aren’t fans of Neil should find the environment a nice spot to hang out in SL”.

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There’s also a machinima tour of the exhibit:

(Disclosure: Zak Claxton is part of SL Coyote that advertises at times on SLOz)

Check it out in-world

Comments

  1. Merlot Congrejo says

    Checked this out the other night/day/morning/afternoon _my head hurts with time zones – and it looked fantasic for us NY fans. Unfortunately SL lag beat me and after crashing twice and trying to deal with looking around while being unable to actually move I gave up and went home in a sulk. Will be bacl though – better luck next time maybe

  2. Merlot Congrejo says

    Checked this out the other night/day/morning/afternoon _my head hurts with time zones – and it looked fantasic for us NY fans. Unfortunately SL lag beat me and after crashing twice and trying to deal with looking around while being unable to actually move I gave up and went home in a sulk. Will be bacl though – better luck next time maybe

  3. Darling Sieyes says

    I am looking forward into visiing your land…Neil has been a favorite of mine since his first album…i am so happy to see that there is a dedication to him, for people to enjoy. thanx so much…
    see u soon…;)

  4. Darling Sieyes says

    I am looking forward into visiing your land…Neil has been a favorite of mine since his first album…i am so happy to see that there is a dedication to him, for people to enjoy. thanx so much…
    see u soon…;)

  5. Very nice! I got hooked on the Freedom album myself.

  6. Very nice! I got hooked on the Freedom album myself.

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