WHO: Nefarious Black Roses featuring Very Tasteful and Various Artists.
WHAT : Nefarious Black Roses Final Farewell Fundraiser
WHERE: Buddies In Bad Times Theatre - 12 Alexander St. 
Off Yonge, 1 block North of COLLEGE
WHEN : Monday March 31st 2008


Toronto's Nefarious Black Roses invited me to show a few videos at their upcoming fundraiser. If you're in the Toronto area, come on by and say hello.

The Globe & Mail have written a cool article about Toronto rapper Abdominal, an artist I had the privilege of featuring on Youtube recently. There are a few quotes from me sprinkled throughout. Here's part of the piece :

Abdominal's video was selected for the YouTube homepage (U.S. and Canada) by Billy Reid of verytasteful.com, who YouTube tapped to pick his favourites for the hot spot. Reid is a Toronto based artist who creates original quirky music videos that have earned him a YouTube fan base, like the popular “ White Chicks & Gang Signs.” Reid made a conscious effort to select Canadian videos, especially ones that haven't been showcased on YouTube.

Read the full article here
Thanks to everyone who wrote in to let me know.

Check out YouTube user "JesseGilbertFilms" and his music video using my new tune, "Gonna Heat it Up".

Here's the new song I wrote yesterday, "Gonna Heat It Up".

Written & Performed by Billy Reid

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The gang at YouTube were kind enough to feature "The Sights & The Sounds" in the Music section today.


Thanks to everyone who wrote in to let me know.

The fine folks at YouTube asked me to pick some videos to feature on their homepage, so come on by and check out the list.