Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Not Long Now...

Since Becca (Gabrielle Cobalt) and I (Lukeh Ghost) started rebuilding Club Flare back in November we've taken our time with the reopening because a lot of the original staff had fled so it seemed a better task to find new DJ's and hosts to join us who would be more dedicated to the music than the L$ I mean let's be real they make the better DJ's anyway!

Anyway over the past 7 weeks a lot has happened, the website was changed to be more functional allowing DJ's to freely book their time slots and trade etc without the hassle of going through management.
We opened up the brand new building to the public and so far the reception has been fantastic we hear nothing but great comments and we can't are beyond grateful.
The Club Flare stream is now a 24 hour 7 days a week deal. So if a DJ isn't playing and you find yourself in Club Flare you can still hear awesome music, commercial free! Not only this we've fixed the 1 minute every hour method of DJ's logging in, now DJ's can log in whenever as they have the power to disable the auto DJ for them to log in which may not seem like much but having to reset your player every hour was a pain so we've now abolished this method!

And finally a big improvement is the staff, we so far have a handful of amazing hosts who certainly know how to keep the crowd excited! Not only this I'm very proud of the DJ's we have at Flare so far. DJ Radditz, DJ Doc Baby have so far been playing out the preview parties at Club Flare and have helped me fix any bugs in the stream. Returning DJ's Lastchance & Parx stuck around at Club Flare whilst we was going through the rebuild and they were awesome before I've no doubt they will be awesome again! Also a welcome to DJ Snow a.k.a Metal Queen who will change up the mix at Flare for those of you who like your music to be more intense!

I cannot wait to announce a date for the opening of Club Flare but just know that it's the next thing I do! I have Real Life and finances to balance and put aside for this all so it will be very soon hopefully before the month is out if not just after.

Big thank you to the hosts, DJs and fans who are spreading the word Flare and thank you everyone who has stuck around - We're almost there, we're almost ready to open Club Flare!

- Lukeh Ghost

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Club Flare 24/7!

See we do have chairs! Awesome chairs!
That's right, as of today the Club Flare stream will be online 24/7 thanks to advances in technology which has been around for longer than I have been alive but only just decided to take advantage of.

This is an amazing step for any Second Life club as now you can enjoy the music Club Flare offers that is selected to match the environment of Club Flare's Second Life venue. Of course this doesn't change what we are about which is various music, from various DJs from around the globe so at every hour the stream will go offline for one minute from X:00 to X:01 to give the Club Flare DJ's a chance to log in and take over!

This isn't the best of solutions but it's practical until I can create a system which allows the software to read the schedule and shut the stream off accordingly.

Not only this but now we are 24/7 I have submitted Club Flare to be on the mobile app 'TuneIn' so fingers crossed! In the meantime you can still listen on the website and in Second Life by visiting Club Flare as we will always be online there.

We are close to reopening so a big thanks to everyone who has stuck around and to the new DJ's and Hosts who are getting the word out. We passed 100 members in the Second Life group so don't stop! Let's keep generating interest by passing the stream URL on to your friends, showing them the Second Life venue (we have chairs now!) and now you can listen to the stream 24/7 at Club Flare!