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This morning I slept in....needed it so much. After breakfast I hung out with a cool man, Donald and his lovely wife, Nicky. They were my hosts for 2 days. I organized some details/plans for the next few days then went over to the SOZO Festival to hug folks and to say goodbye to them.

Bing bing bing, that is about all that is in my head at this point. I am content, but exhausted. The Sozo Festival was great today! Playing tonight for the people was tons of fun. Tomorrow I am heading off & hugging the SOZO folks. It's been wonderful. I am heading up near Sheffield to hopefully see a friend so that I can stare at the wall for a few days to recover from this 65 days of travel/playing.

O dia 20 e Julho é considerado o dia nacional do tatuador, este é o dia em que o tatuador Luck Tattoo, nascido na
Dinamarca, chegou ao Brasil cinqüenta anos atrás.

Esta feita é comemorada pela quinta vez com a Exposição de Arte "50 Anos da Tatuagem no Brasil". Trata-se de uma realização do Sindicato dos Tatuadores em conjunto com tatuadores associados. Desta vez o aniversário de 50 anos da tatuagem no Brasil foi comemorado na Morrison Rock Bar, em São Paulo.

A Exposição de Arte 50 Anos da Tatuagem no Brasil reuniu tatuadores, tatuados e apreciadores da arte em um espaço muito agradável, com exposições de pinturas realizadas por tatuadores e muito Rock and Roll.

Os tatuadores Brian, Brinquedo, Alex Cruz, Cubano, Rodney Calfa , Sharlão, Valderramos, Marcio Lima, Salim Tattoo, Tom Tattoo, Brice, Fabião, Marcio Duarte, Anselmo, Ximenes Tattoo, Joe, Flávio Cabelo, Alessandro, Jefferson Bastos, Willian Ferramosca, Grylo Tattoo, Átila e Poeta foram alguns dos artistas presentes neste grande encontro.

Esperamos ansiosos as fotos do encontro no fotolog do Dia do Tatuador e deixamos os parabéns à todos os tatuadores, tatuadoras, tatuados e pessoas envolvidas com o mundo das tattoos. Fica o convite para a matéria sobre Dia do Tatuador publicada no dia 20 de Julho de 2008.

I am really excited, We are currently in the process of writing a White Paper on Social Benchmarks for Australian Musicians, there are some really interesting numbers around the size of a bands social networks and album sales. It will be available in the next couple of weeks, let me know if you would be interested in getting a copy.

In preparation, I have prepared some of the latest examples of Australian Musicians using Social Media/Digital well.

1. We recently helped Yves Klein Blue run a Twitter Promotion where they gave away a free download of one of their tracks and the chance to win tickets to Splendour in exchange for a tweet.


2. Blue Juice created a mockumentary around Skipping for the video clip for Broken Leg


3. SPOD has created Fantasyze which are Podcasts to help you get fit! Funny idea.

4. Short Stack lets you create your own text in their speech bubbles for their music video.

5. Empire of the Sun fans and musos across the world got to see and hear an exclusive broadcast from Empire of the Sun for the very first time on July 22.

It occurred for 6 minutes and 39 seconds shortly after 1:00pm (Australian EST) during the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century. The eclipse took place throughout the Asia Pacific region, visible only in Australia from the very tip of far North Queensland.

6. In conjunction with Cancer Research UK; Ladyhawke will be preforming a private show for the person who can get the most friends on a guest list. Check it out at Skindividual

7. SBS show Rockwiz have set up a Twitter account where they ask 5 music questions a day. Cool idea.

8. EMI organised a Blogger Special Paul Dempsey Listening Party at The Cricketers (it ended up getting rescheduled though). They have also created a Facebook Group 'I want to hear Paul Dempsey's new album first!'


9. Powderfinger have created a blog about being in the studio recording their new album.

10. Yves Klein Blue House Party Petition

11. Kate Miller-Heidke in collaboration with NSW Department of Education asked High School Students to create video clips and upload to Myspace about anti bullying for the clip 'Caught In The Crowd'

Oldies but goodies;

12. Whitley in collaboration with Myspace and HP created three competitions; 1) to get people to write the best review of the album, 2) To design the tour artwork and 3) to record a demo to join the Whitley Tour.

13. Angus and Julia Stone have created a very nice personalised Facebook Page.

14. Presets 'Talk like that' ARG thingo (review by WayCoolJnr)

15. 360 degree music video clip by Children Collide

16. Evermore's surprise Commuter gig for Vodafone


For more examples of bands using Social Media well. Check out my previous post on 11 new examples of Musicians using Social Media

And finally, you must listen to these guys, The Middle East are arguably the best band in Australia at the moment. Their live show takes it to another level too!

This morning I missed my bus in Canterbury...the internet wasn't working, then when it was working the printer wouldn't work :o( Since you HAVE to print off your ticket I was kind of stuck. So when I got to the station the bus was driving away...I was frustrated and wanted to cry...but I didn't. Marketa (a very nice girl from the Czech Republic) made sure that all was well.