It's not really his birthday. Well, not yet. That's officially on Sept 22. But I wanted to tell you about my latest music promotion idea. That's to say, "Happy Birthday".

I've long had a love of birthdays. So much, in fact, I keep writing birthday songs. If I don't watch out, I'm gonna be known as the Happy Birthday guy. Guess there's worse things to be...

Anyway, after talking to my friend Voltaire about Myspace, I finally decided to get on the Myspace promotion bandwagon. I'm not a huge fan of myspace, but as a promotional tool, it seems powerful. So when Myspace started emailing me lists of people having birthdays, I decided it was time to get back to promoting at least one of my happy birthday songs.

This one was designed for Bilbo Baggins. The cherished hobbit of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings fandom. It's a simple song with a simple melody that ANYONE can sing to their hobbit-y friends.

It's called "Happy Birthday, Dear Hobbit & Friend" or more simply, "The Hobbit Happy Birthday Song". It was inspired by our Lord of the Rings music CD, Memories of Middle Earth. I would love to make it a LOTR favorite, but I guess I need to slap it on a CD at some point to make that happen.

Meantime, listen to it and share it with your friends. It's free!