LAGQ Spin

The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) are scheduled to release their next album, Spin, later this month on March 28, 2006. This album was recorded prior to their recent year-long hiatus; they are back together now and will be touring behind this album beginning this month.

Additionally, Mel Bay has recently released a DVD of the quartet performing during their last tour. If you have a chance to catch LAGQ live in your city, I'd highly recommend seeing them. I saw them several years ago, and it was a great show. Andrew York, Scott Tennant, William Kanengiser and John Dearman are a great quartet.

Another side note: in contrast to most people I know who are programmers with music as a hobby, Andrew York is a musician with programming as a hobby. He created a software program called MindChimes, which is a "virtual windchimes" program that plays random windchime sounds to help you relax and concentrate while working on your computer.