Hey all. Just a few updates and thoughts for you…
2009 has started swiftly. Looks to be the most interesting year since 2008.
Work continues on Gypsy Butterfly‘s new music project, “Whispers of My Heart”. It’s got a good vibe to it, and it’s gonna be great. It’ll have the signature Butterfly acoustic/folk flare to it, blending pop and some world music influences where it fits. As mentioned previously, you can listen to her single “Believe” which will be featured on the album.
I’ve started utilizing Twitter more, and it seems to be taking over the planet. It’s interesting to see how social sites have progressed recently (for me personally, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter… in that order) as we “connect” in more real-time ways, across the globe. Still, it doesn’t beat hanging out with real people, in real life. 
Nevertheless, I believe Twitter can be a valuable service to you, if for nothing else, but to find out a little more about what interesting people do now and then.
Further to that, I recently donated a track (“Relevance“, from the Runaway album) to the Twestival.fm fundraising campaign. You can listen to all the artists featured on that page there, but do it quick as I believe the tracks are to be removed today (Feb 19th). You’re welcome to consider donating to the cause. For more info on that, visit the charity: water website. This is just one way of many, many ways that Twitter is impacting how organizations and communities can interact and get involved in causes they care about.
Something excellent that came of the Twestival event was Imogen Heap‘s donation of her vocal tracks of an unfinished song. She offered them to us creative folks to create our own interpretations (remixes) and in doing so created more awareness for the charity. That’s just groovy. I went ahead and created my own version of “The Song that Never Was”. You can listen here (or grab the tracks and make your own mix): Twestival (100 mixes as of this post, mine is #34), or at SoundCloud.
Thanks for listening, reading, etc. I’ll have new music myself in the coming months. Lots to finish up and… let go into the world.
Love your life.
tb
