For musicians
25 June 2009 Del.icio.us Technorati StumbleUponShare

This update is mostly for musicians and music lovers. The only personal news that I have to report is the near-completion of my compilation album (the new track sounds great thanks to my guitarist Geoff's rhythmic precision and skillful use of a wah pedal). We're also recording three of Geoff's original tracks which will appear on his upcoming website. We're working diligently on booking more performances. A non-sensical aside: check out this hilarious story from the BBC entitled 'Stoned wallabies make crop circles' - Australia sounds fun!

For the music lovers a 35,000-year-old flute was found, making it the oldest musical instrument on record. From the article: The wing bone of a griffon vulture with five precisely drilled holes in it is the oldest known musical instrument, a 35,000-year-old relic of an early human society that drank beer, played flute and drums and danced around the campfire on cold winter evenings, researchers said Wednesday. Legendary.

For the music makers, you might want to check out Twitter. Twitter users are apparently big music lovers. In case you haven't been paying attention to the news recently and don't know what Twitter is, Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others' updates, known as tweets. The internet is an invaluable resource for musicians, especially forums such as the HomeRecording.com board. A recent thread on Reddit details some great ideas about booking live shows as a new act.